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!
Corporal William T Kenny 3324. Unit: 25th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 August 1916 At Pozieres Western Front
Died 7 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Albert Barrett 8576, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 7 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Ernest Wilfred Rupert Finch , Seaforth Highlanders
Died 7 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant William Urquhart , Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 7 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Alexander Finlay 3751. Unit: No. 5 Platoon, "B" Company, 14th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 7 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 7 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Galbraith Hardie 4201. Unit: "B" Company, 45th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 7 August 1916, killed in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 7 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Simeon Ranatus Richards 3669, British West Indies Regiment
Died 7 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Short VC 12067, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 7 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alan Edward Aflalo Jacobs , East Surrey Regiment
Died 7 August 1916
Lives of the First World War