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 R F Reynolds. Unit: 6th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, attached to 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Death: 02 October 1918 Killed in Flanders
Died 2 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Christopher Wilkes 11791, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Stephen Cook 27809, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Driver Charles Samuel Goad 905599, Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Levico. Autoreserve. Gemüsegarten.
2 October 1918
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Alfred Edwin Masters 2362, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Edward Griffiths 34813, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Hubert William Sharlott 16986, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph William Chesters 216584, Royal Marine Artillery
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Michael Dwyer 24577, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Nathan Finklestein 44534, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Brown 18312, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Clarkson 24322, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick Henri Abraham , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 October 1918
Lives of the First World War