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 Charles Norman Wheeler. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 07 January 1915 Killed in Action during his first spell in the trenches trying to assist a wounded comrade. Western Front
Died 7 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
H Brown. Unit: 7th Battalion, RM Fusiliers. Death: ?? ??? 1915
Died 7 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sub Lieutenant Keith Morehead Gunning Campbell. Unit: Royal Navy, Submarine C31. Death: 07 January 1915 off the Belgian Coast English Channel
Died 7 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Andrew Minniece 3870. Unit: 24th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 January 1917 Western Front
Died 7 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Marian J Maunsell, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of influnenza at Citadel Hospital Cairo 07 January 1919.
Died 7 January 1919
Imperial War Museum