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!
Lieutenant Arthur James. Unit: 7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 03 January 1917 Western Front.
Died 3 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Archibald William Goodchild 67053. Unit: 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters). Death: 3 January 1917, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 3 January 1917
Imperial War Museum