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 Joseph Ellis Milne, D.S.O. , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 22 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private (Signaller) Arthur Joseph Hill 3827. Unit: 9th Reinforcements, 30th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 February 1917, killed in action at Bapaume, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 22 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Alfred Vigurs 11187, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 22 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Gaskell 3057, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Oscar Duffield Bowman 40541, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 22 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas William Crewe 24282, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 22 February 1917
Lives of the First World War