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 Dennis Smith-Ryland , Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Henry Richard Kent Stanley 1239. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 April 1917 Killed at Louville Western Front
Died 7 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Edmund Columbus Renehan 2246, Australian Infantry
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Latimer Ridley Dubois. Unit: 1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Death: 07 April 1917 Western Front. Son of Ernest Arthur and Alice Elizabeth Dubois, of Lewisham, London.
Died 7 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest G Smith 2 242336, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Deane Browne 931246, No.2 Construction Battalion
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Southwell Rigden 533285, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Ernest Putt 14614, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Herbert John Hall , Gordon Highlanders
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War