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!
Lance Corporal Eldred James Belford 3255. Unit: C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 June 1916 Western Front
Died 19 June 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Augustus Brown 4637, British West Indies Regiment
Died 19 June 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Arnold Warden Middleditch , Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Died 19 June 1916
Lives of the First World War