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!
Acting Bombardier Maurice Louis Anselme McGreer 347452, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private 1st Class George Samuel Griffiths 233189, Royal Air Force
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Benjamin Woodrow Brown 358246, King's (Liverpool) Regiment
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Leonard Wright 52083, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney Harold Boyce 32472, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Charles Bussell 701797, London Regiment
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Bloomfield 18996, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Wilfred Hewitt 20262, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War
Staff Serjeant Fred Hague 608002, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 7 October 1918
Lives of the First World War