This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Captain Edward Archibald Hume , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Drummer Stanley George Watson 2224, 1/4 Cheshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Major W. E. Hicks DSO MC 20069. Unit: 152nd Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: not known. Commissioned on 27 August 1915.
Died 27 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert James Trumpeter G/3009, East Kent Regiment
Died 27 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Wesley King 373. Unit: A Company, 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 August 1915 Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 27 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry Watson 10382, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 27 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Henry Gutteridge 13941, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 27 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Kavanagh 249. Unit: A Company, 17th Battalion, 5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 August 1915 at Hill 60 Western Front. Son of William and Margaret Kavanagh. Native of Melbourne.
Died 27 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Morrice Chapman 1527. Unit: 1st Reinforcements for 17th Battalion, 5th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 August 1915 Killed in action Turkey, Hill 60
Died 27 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant (Acting Company Sergeant Major) Harold Robert Lyne Colquhoun 275. Unit: 7th Platoon, B Company, 15th Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 August 1915 Killed in action at Hill 60 Gallipoli
Died 27 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant John Walcot Wilder 11/654, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died 27 August 1915
Lives of the First World War