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!
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
13 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal William Douglas Hook 1941, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 13 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Miss Constance E M Seymour, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 13 February 1917.
Died 13 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Parkinson Arnold 13345, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 13 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Thomas Ball 15A. Unit: 2nd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, 1st Division. Death: 13 February 1917 Fricourt Western Front
Died 13 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private James Webster Tattersall 8479, Army Pay Corps
Died 13 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Morton Turnbull 16/375, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 13 February 1917
Lives of the First World War