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!
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Frederic Baron 700162, Royal Field Artillery
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. , Staff
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Frederick Cleator 99400, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Leonard Evans 266359, Devonshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Clement Hibbott 356019, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Reddicliffe 202280, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick John Webb 17272, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Elkington 200568, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Albury 5411, British West Indies Regiment
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas W Batstone 532350, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Jones 7322, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William John Wright 23673, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 18 November 1917
Lives of the First World War