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!
Acting Serjeant Herbert Adams 7238, 2nd Scottish Rifles
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Baraques de souscription à côté de la statue de Strasbourg, place de la Concorde, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 469
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Baraques de souscription à côté de la statue de Strasbourg, place de la Concorde, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 650 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Colonne de Juillet protégée contre les bombardements, place de la Bastille, Paris (IV eme-XI eme-XII eme arr.), France, A 14 651 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Colonne de Juillet protégée contre les bombardements, place de la Bastille, Paris (IV eme-XI eme-XII eme arr.), France, A 14 652 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La Bourse de Paris, palais Brongniart, Paris (IIe arr.), France, A 14 468
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La place des Vosges, Paris (III eme-IV eme arr.), France, A 14 657
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Herbert John Reeves L/7767, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
L\'hôtel de ville, Paris (IVe arr.), France, A 14 470 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Hôtel de ville, Paris (IVe arr.), France, A 14 471 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Hôtel de ville, Paris (IVe arr.), France, A 14 473 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Hôtel de ville, Paris (IVe arr.), France, A 14 474 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'hôtel de ville, Paris, France, A 73 583 X
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monument d\'Alfred de Musset au Jardin de la Vallée suisse, Le Rêve du Poète, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 477 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monument d\'Alfred de Musset au Jardin de la Vallée suisse, Le Rêve du Poète, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 478 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque «Place de l\'Alma» , abri au 1er bis place de l\'Alma, à l\'angle de l\'avenue de New-York, Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 14 479
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque de rue «avenue d\'Antin», Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 475 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque de rue «avenue d\'Antin», Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 476 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poteau indicateur «Avenue d\'Antin», Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 656
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Augustus Clapton CH/2314(S), Royal Naval Division
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Eustace Williams 5695, British West Indies Regiment
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Ewart Dyer 534667, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Micklewright 5465, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Ralph Hutchinson 40988, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Zachariah Henry 14391, British West Indies Regiment
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Henry Leopold Breakey , Royal Air Force
Died 15 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Statue de Lille, place de la Concorde, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 654 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Statue de Lille, place de la Concorde, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 655 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Statue de Strasbourg Place de la Concorde, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 653 S
15 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine