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 Henry S Carter. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: Not known POW 1916 to 1918 Western Front
Died 2 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Horace Garfield Kurrle 765. Unit: 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 January 1917 Western Front. Son of Robert Frederick and Catherine Lupton Kurrle. Born at Sunbury, Victoria, Australia.
Died 2 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Laurence Victor Chamberlain 4246. Unit: 10th and/or 22nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 January 1917 Killed in action aged 21 years Western Front
Died 2 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Overbury served throughout 1917 as a Staff Officer 3 Class attached to the Royal Flying Corps. He subsequently served as a General Staff Officer 3 Grade at the War Office between 2 January 1918 and February 1919.
Died 2 January 1918
Imperial War Museum
Gladys Hayden, Munitions work. Died of burns contracted on duty 02 January 1918.
Died 2 January 1918
Imperial War Museum
Gladys Hayden, Munitions work. Died of burns contracted on duty 02 January 1918.
Died 2 January 1918
Imperial War Museum