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!
Captain Bernard Lovell Christmas , London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 19 May 1916
Lives of the First World War
Colonel William Renwick Marshall DSO MID. Unit: 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 19 May 1916 Western Front
Died 19 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private G D F Rogers 3004. Unit: B Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 19 May 1916 Missing 16 May 1916 Western Front
Died 19 May 1916
Imperial War Museum