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!
Lieutenant Alexander Logan Maxwell Moffat. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Death: 21 November 1914 Near Basra Mesopotamia
Died 21 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edgar Leake Wateridge. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 21 November 1914 Killed in Action near Bethune shot at close range while attempting to locate an enemy sap-head at night. Western Front
Died 21 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Eric Carr Liptrott. Unit: 6th Battalion, JAT Light Infantry, Indian army. Death: 21 November 1914 At Festubert Western Front
Died 21 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ronald Mortimer Slater , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 21 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Ronald Mortimer Slater. Unit: 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 21 November 1914 Died of wounds in France Western Front
Died 21 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ronald Mortimer Slater. Unit: 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 21 November 1914 Died of wounds in France Western Front
Died 21 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Claud Scott , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 21 November 1914
Lives of the First World War