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 Harold Alfred Vyvyan St George Harmsworth M.C. , Irish Guards
Died 12 February 1918
Lives of the First World War
Engineer Lieutenant David Brown , Royal Naval Reserve - M.F.A. "Eleanor."
Died 12 February 1918
Lives of the First World War
Engineer Lieutenant David Brown. Unit: Mercantile Fleet Auxilliary 'Eleanor', Royal Naval Reserve. Death: 12 February 1918 At sea
Died 12 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Miss Eva Dorothy Yeoman, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia 12 February 1918.
Died 12 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Miss Eva Dorothy Yeoman, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia 12 February 1918.
Died 12 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Henry Bearman 3016, Australian Infantry
Died 12 February 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Gilbert Gorton 35129, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 February 1918
Lives of the First World War