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!
Leading Deck Hand Malcolm MacRae SD 1600, Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Wallington
Died 4 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Neuregelung Brot- und Mehlbezug - Kundmachung - Laibach - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
4 November 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Arthur Herbert Reynolds 40389, Suffolk Regiment
Died 4 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Eric Simpson Bisset 4751. Unit: B Company, 46th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 November 1916 France Western Front. Son of John and Alice Louisa Bissett. Born at Bendigo, Victoria.
Died 4 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry Henry McDonald 13/644, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 4 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Hill 458, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 4 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Carter C1392, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 4 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Wilfred John Taylor Blandy L/11465/24452. Unit: Signaller, HQs Company, 1st Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 4 November 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 4 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Wilfred Waddington 15147, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 4 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Regimental Serjeant Major Herbert Goulding 5055, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1916
Lives of the First World War