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!
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Henry Trewin 88840. Unit: BBattery, 66th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 28 July 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Guy William Hopton. Unit: 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 28 July 1915, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lt Osmaston, from Pachmarhi, Central Provinces, India, was educated in England at United Services College, Bognor, St George's School, Harpenden and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (where he was awarded the King's Gold Medal). Lt Osmaston received h
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Clarence Everard Young 4340. Unit: D Coy, 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 July 1916 Western Front
Died 28 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Michael Peter McMahon 284. Unit: 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 July 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 28 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Robert Watson 12068. Unit: 99th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Death: 28 July 1916 Wounded and Missing in Action Western Front
Died 28 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Philip Charles Paul Tattersall DSO. Unit: 1st/11th Battalion, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles). Death: 28 July 1917 Killed in action in Palestine (now part of Israel)
Died 28 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant G C N Cooke. Unit: 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 28 July 1917 Killed while flying at Oxford Home Front (but served on Western Front at Vimy and Lens)
Died 28 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Joseph Cecil Smith. Unit: Royal Warwickshire Regiment, attached to 70th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 28 July 1917 Missing (Machine B/3874, Engine no R 1518 WD 14647) Western Front
Died 28 July 1917
Imperial War Museum