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!
Allée cavalière, Ismaïlia, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 905
11 juin 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mrs Olive Jane Willey, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 11 June 1918.
Died 11 June 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private William Ayres 40145, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 11 June 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Herbert Ryder Doman , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 11 June 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Herbert Ryder Doman. Unit: 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 11 June 1918.
Died 11 June 1918
Imperial War Museum
Stoker 2nd Class Hammond William Robert Hewitt K/51726, H.M.S. 'Pembroke'
Died 11 June 1918
Lives of the First World War
Tranchées construites pour maintenir une protection militaire autour du canal de Suez, Ismaïlia, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 902
11 juin 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine