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!
Temporary Lieutenant Robert Vaughan Gorle, V.C. , 50th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 10 January 1937
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Newberry Choyce 9798, Royal Fusiliers
Died 2 February 1937
Lives of the First World War
Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Thomas L Hitchcock 69103, Royal Field Artillery
Died 9 February 1937
Lives of the First World War
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger VC , Army Medical Corps
Died 13 February 1937
Lives of the First World War
Brigadier-General John Macquarie Antill , GOC 3rd Light Horse Brigade
Died 1 March 1937
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel David Simson Morton , 17th. Highland Light Infantry
Died 7 May 1937
Lives of the First World War
Private Percy Claude French G/23867, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 7 May 1937
Lives of the First World War
Sister Mary Benallack , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 18 May 1937
Lives of the First World War
Private Acting Serjeant John McQuiggan 316961, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 June 1937
Lives of the First World War
Dame Sarah Ann Swift, GBE , British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Died 27 June 1937
Lives of the First World War
Private John Franklyn Edwards 12894, Devonshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1937
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Beeching , 4th Cheshire Regiment
Died 14 July 1937
Lives of the First World War
Temporary Captain James Hay Blackwell , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 21 July 1937
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Bertha Victoria HUGHES , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 24 August 1937
Lives of the First World War
Colour Sergeant Major William John George Evans , 18th Manchester Battalion
Died 28 September 1937
Lives of the First World War
Company Sergeant Major William John George Evans VC , The Manchester Regiment
Died 28 September 1937
Lives of the First World War
Captain Sir Tankerville Robert Armine Morris , 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 29 September 1937
Lives of the First World War
Major General Reginald Henry Dalrymple Tompson , Royal Artillery
Died 11 October 1937
Lives of the First World War
Flying Officer Aubrey Robert Maxwell Rickards 6633, Royal Air Force
Died 30 October 1937
Lives of the First World War
Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Arthur William Sibbald Paterson , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 13 November 1937
Lives of the First World War
Major-General Albert Edward Wilfred Gleichen K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. , Staff
Died 14 December 1937
Lives of the First World War