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 Stephen Henry Christy DSO. Unit: 20th Hussars; Reserve of Officers. Death: 03 September 1914 Killed in action ar Ussy-sur-Marne Western Front.
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Claude Martin Davies CMG DSO. Unit: Rifle Brigade; Staff work: GSO 3rd Grade, General Staff Branch, 2nd Division; Staff Brigade Major, 12th Infantry Brigade, both appointmnets in September 1914. Death: Not known
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Geoffrey Lambton. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 03 September 1914 Western Front
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lionel Frank Hastings Mundy , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 3 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major Granville Joseph Chetwynd Stapylton. Unit: 130th Battery, 30th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 03 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum