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!
Albert Edmund GUIVER 34918 formerly 51695 Welsh Regt, 1st/5th
Died 5 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Deck Hand Victor Springall DA 12573, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 5 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant George Frederick Hodson PI 39202, Royal Air Force
Died 5 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Percival Tanner 34289, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 5 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Vue de Jérusalem prise du couvent des Dames de Sion, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 794
5 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue de la ville prise du couvent des Dames de Sion, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 793
5 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue de la ville prise du couvent des Dames de Sion, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 795
5 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine