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 Herbert Mather Spoor , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 13 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Herbert Mather Spoor MC. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 77th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 13 December 1917 Accidentally killed at Ypres Western Front
Died 13 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Herbert Mather Spoor MC. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 77th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 13 December 1917 Accidentally killed at Ypres Western Front
Died 13 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Chauffeuse Helen Maud Peel , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 13 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Helen Maud Peel, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of overstrain 13 December 1917.
Died 13 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Helen Maud Peel, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of overstrain 13 December 1917.
Died 13 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest Richard Brock 535256, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 13 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Evendon Cole 531394, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 13 December 1917
Lives of the First World War