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!
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Arthur Wood 1346 DCM MM. Unit: 19th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Forces. Death: 14 December 1916 Died of wounds in Stourbridge Hospital. Wounded in France 14 November 1916 Western Front
Died 14 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Jeffrey Gunn 23809, Grenadier Guards
Died 14 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Henry James Boyton. Unit: 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 14 December 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 14 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Henry James Boyton. Unit: 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 14 December 1916 Somme Western Front
Died 14 December 1916
Imperial War Museum