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!
Driver William Alfred Bicknell T4/248147, Army Service Corps
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Major Richard Henry Bonnycastle , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Kitchen 35390, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edmund Adcock 16522, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Tunnicliffe 19610, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick C Taylor 17946, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George James Joseph Shilton 17955, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Spraggitt 330794, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Hartley Slater 24346, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Kaye 32353, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Todd 238011, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Skinner 33009, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1917
Lives of the First World War