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 /Acting Major G E B Watson , Royal Field Artillery
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wharton 16732, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Cecil Harold Sewell VC , Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) and 3rd (Light) Tank Bn. Tank Corps
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Twelftree Saint, D.S.O. , Cambridgeshire Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert T Wright 41253, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Padmore 26714, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Richard Tate 48885. Unit: 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 29 August 1918 Died of wounds at 41st Clearing Station, near Albert, Western Front
Died 29 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private George Albert Streat 14812. Unit: 10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 August 1918 Western Front
Died 29 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private George Herbert Mayersbeth 10480, South Wales Borderers
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Thomas Savage 202623, Hampshire Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Mark Eames 36245, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Billington 20779, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Isaac Williams 35949, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William James Bedwell 505059, London Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Thornhill Pearson , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Lionel James Heaton , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Edward Thomas Mills G/11156, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 29 August 1918
Lives of the First World War