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!
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Engineer Lieutenant William Wellington Sharland , Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Pebble"
Died 2 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Flight Sub Lieutenant Walter Edward Traynor 1776, Royal Naval Air Service
Died 2 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Alfred St. Clair Headley 3147. Unit: "B" Company, 52nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 February 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 2 February 1917
Imperial War Museum