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 Geoffrey Robert Wallace MC and Bar. Unit: 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 27 August 1917 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 27 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Chalk 305766, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Henry Herbert Ballard 265501, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Lance Corporal Alfred Edwin Green 242115, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Lance Corporal Arthur Herbert Hillyer 56576, Welsh Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Lance Corporal Arthur Herbert Hillyer 56576. Unit: 15th Platoon, "D" Company, 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 27 August 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 27 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal William Machen 40916, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Died 27 August 1917
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Lance Serjeant Horace Edgar Shenton 799, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Lieutenant George Elliott Austin , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Abraham Dobbins 13/249, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Arthur Victor Richardson 60537, Welsh Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Arthur William Greenway 325034, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Ernest Arthur Edward Parker 266551, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Frederick George Robinson 2235, Australian Infantry,
Died 27 August 1917
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Private George Edward Newman 27887, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private George Harvey Richardson 307726, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private George Ross McIntosh 26400, Highland Light Infantry
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Harry Fletcher 40325, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Harry Sale 240206, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Herbert John Butler 260001, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private James Albert Bull 300101, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Jonas Kaye 38952, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Joseph William Matthews 41250, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Owen Sanderson 25867, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private Robert Charles Wharton 325103, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Private William John Smith 240804, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Sidney Hadley , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 27 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant James Hope Byres. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 27 August 1917.
Died 27 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant Patrick Shannon 7075, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 27 August 1917
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