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 Arthur Vincent Holman , Herefordshire Regiment
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Commander The Hon Richard Orlando Beaconsfield Bridgeman DSO , HMS Hyacinth
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Thomas Henry Jenkin 2831, Australian Infantry
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles Geoffrey Rupert Swindells , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred James Williams 4240, Australian Infantry
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred James Williams 4240. Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 January 1917 Wounded on the Somme, 5 Nov 1916 died in Ford House Hospital Devonport
Died 9 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph Daniel 1371, British West Indies Regiment
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Hannibal Tyacke 2557, Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John William Murray Hartley , Australian Machine Gun Corps
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Grandage Yates , Manchester Regiment
Died 9 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Grandage Yates MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 09 January 1917 Killed in action in Mesopotamia. Aged 19 Buried in cemetery at Kut Mesopotamia
Died 9 January 1917
Imperial War Museum