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 Henry Trelss Watson. Unit: 3rd Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment), attached to 2nd Battalion, The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 06 March 1915 Died of wounds near Ypres. Western Front
Died 6 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Midshipman John Stanley Griffiths. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Triumph, Royal Navy. Death: 6 March 1915. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Died 6 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Miss Esme Lion, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 06 March 1915.
Died 6 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Wallace Robertson Johnstone 3312. Unit: Australian Trench Mortar Battery, 2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 06 March 1917 Western Front. Native of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Died 6 March 1917
Imperial War Museum