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!
Second Lieutenant Charles Richard Griffin Vance. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) (atached 1st) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 09 March 1915 At Ypres Western Front
Died 9 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Philip Anderson O’Brien. Unit: 1st Battalion, attached to 2st Battalion, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment, (Royal Canadians). Death: 09 March 1915 Boulogne Western Front
Died 9 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Corporal John William Atkinson 33. Unit: A Company, 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 March 1916 Died of wounds.
Died 9 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal O Naismith, 1703, enlisted on 9 March 1916 at the age of 21. He joined his battalion in France on 24 September 1916 and was appointed Lance Corporal on 1 February 1917. He was killed in action, at Louverville, France, on 2 April 1917.
Died 9 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Franklin Dyson 203734. Unit: 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 09 March 1917 Missing in action Western Front.
Died 9 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Tom Keogh 683. Unit: C Company, 41st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 March 1917 Western Front.
Died 9 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Seaman John Player Genower J/8361. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Nestor. Death: 9 March 1917, Brandenburg, Germany. Served 7 years in the Royal Navy.
Died 9 March 1917
Imperial War Museum