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!
Private Arthur W Bolton 1545, South Nottinghamshire Hussars
Died 14 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Sutton Cook 535243, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 14 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Bartholomew 10932, British West Indies Regiment
Died 14 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Laurie Owen Proverbs 901599, Canadian Infantry
Died 14 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Livingstone Birch 10912, British West Indies Regiment
Died 14 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Frederick Charles Harris 24/1388, Wellington Infantry Regiment
Died 14 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Soldats malgaches de la force coloniale au lavoir sur le lac Menzaleh ?, Port-Saïd, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 854
14 janvier 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine