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 James Walker Beattie , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 23 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain W A MacDonald MID. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 23 July 1918 Forest of Rheims Western Front
Died 23 July 1918
Imperial War Museum
Colonnade face à la mosquéeel Aksa, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 699
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Dôme de Soliman au nord du Dôme du Rocher, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 700
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Dôme de Soliman, vue depuis un porche, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 705
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La mosquée el Aksa et le mont des Oliviers, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 702
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue el Wad, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 695
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue el Wad, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 696
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Ernest Burley 18813, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 23 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William Whitmore PO/8115, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died 23 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Mrs Margaret Armer Bradshaw, Munitions work. Killed by the explosion of a shell on duty 23 July 1918.
Died 23 July 1918
Imperial War Museum
Mrs Margaret Armer Bradshaw, Munitions work. Killed by the explosion of a shell on duty 23 July 1918.
Died 23 July 1918
Imperial War Museum
Mrs Margaret Armer Bradshaw, Munitions work. Killed by the explosion of a shell on duty 23 July 1918.
Died 23 July 1918
Imperial War Museum
Munitions Worker Mrs Margaret Armer Bradshaw nee Clarkson , Ministry of Munitions
Died 23 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Porte de Saint Etienne, dite Porte des Lions, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 693
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private James Wood 276659, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 23 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Morrison 27902, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Died 23 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rue el Wad, à proximité de la troisième station de la Voie Douloureuse, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 698
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Segment de la Via Dolorosa entre les cinquième et sixième stations, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 697
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Segment de la Via Dolorosa entre les cinquième et sixième stations, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 703
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Segment de la Via Dolorosa entre les cinquième et sixième stations, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 704
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Segment de la Via Dolorosa entre les cinquième et sixième stations, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 718
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue de l\'enceinte de la vieille ville et de la colline de l\'Offense, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 694
23 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine