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 E Downes. Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: Not known. Theatre of war: East Africa. Date of entry: 03 March 1916.
Died 3 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Engineman Thomas John Copp 4075ES. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HM Drifter Boy Harold. Death: 03 March 1916 Killed in action when his vessel was mined off the Italian Coast Italian Front
Died 3 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
L/Cpl Hubert Petts 14002, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 3 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Serjeant John Turnbull C/345, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 3 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Major Steuart S Binny DSO. Unit: 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars, attached to 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 03 March 1916 Flanders Western Front
Died 3 March 1916
Imperial War Museum