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 Serjeant Major William Marsden 12/2, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Arnold Henry Hawkins 34683, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Jebb , Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Major Patrick Robert Hardinge , 1st Bn The Cameronians attached 10th Bn The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private (Cook) Frederick Dickens 2384, Middlesex Regiment
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Fred Blackburn Townend 13/1220, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Atkinson 13/1, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Hargreaves 13/473, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Wallace Alfred Burnham 13282, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Wilfred Probert 21843, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 June 1916
Lives of the First World War