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!
2nd Lieutenant Edward Arnold Abigail , Royal Marine Artillery
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William George Stenner G/904, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Leading Mechanic Frank Aylward Ball F/7, Royal Naval Air Service
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Bent Ball , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Major Lindsay Alfred Barrett MC MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, attached to 1st/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 March 1916 Western Front
Died 17 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Bertie Alexander Pengelley 12312, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War