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!
Corporal Colin Grant Hendry 2/3013, New Zealand Field Artillery
Died 16 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Groepsportret van Eiso en Gerda Bergsma met hun kinderen Georges en Hans in een tuin op Sumatra
16 February 1919
Rijksmuseum
Gunner Robert Thomas 85379, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 16 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Major Ronald Hastings Lascelles , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 16 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Mrs Ethel May Gardner, Joint War Committee. Died of pneumonia 16 February 1919.
Died 16 February 1919
Imperial War Museum
Mrs Ethel May Gardner, Joint War Committee. Died of pneumonia 16 February 1919.
Died 16 February 1919
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Grace Errol Bolton , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 16 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Nurse Grace Errol Bolton, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 16 February 1919.
Died 16 February 1919
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Grace Errol Bolton, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 16 February 1919.
Died 16 February 1919
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Evans 2664, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
Died 16 February 1919
Lives of the First World War