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 Basil John Orlebar. Unit: 3rd battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 15 January 1915 Western Front
Died 15 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private George Joseph Hartopp 1285, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 15 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Eric Vyvian Douglas-Jones. Unit: 33rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 15 January 1915 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 15 January 1915
Imperial War Museum