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 Arthur Kyrke Kyrke-Smith , King's Liverpool Regiment
Died 23 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Arthur Kyrke-Smith. Unit: 1st Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 23 September 1914 wounded on 20 September 1914 Western Front.
Died 23 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Greville Hubert Robins Blount , Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Greville Hubert Robins Blount. Unit: Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 September 1914 Of wounds. Son of the late Maj. Blount (R.A.) (killed in South African War).
Died 23 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Peter Benson Maxwell. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35th Sikhs. Death: 23 September 1914 Western Front
Died 23 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Ralph Eyre Tanner , The King's Liverpool Regiment
Died 23 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Ralph Eyre Tanner. Unit: CCompany, 1st Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 23 September 1914 Died of wounds received on the 14 September 1914. Western Front
Died 23 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Gilbert Houldsworth , 1st Bn Scots Guards
Died 23 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Thomas Reginald Bottomley , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 23 September 1914
Lives of the First World War