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 Edward Graham Mylne MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 12 June 1915 age at death 32
Died 12 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Herbert Clarke Oliver 200531. Unit: 15th Platoon, D Company, 1st/4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Death: 12 June 1917 Western Front
Died 12 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Edward Jackson. Unit: 6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 12 June 1917 Western Front.
Died 12 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
12 June 1917
Imperial War Museum