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!
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 September 1918
Imperial War Museum
Artificer Engineer Thomas James Battle , H.M. T.B.D. "6"
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Robert Hamilton 13848, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Jennings 325089, Cambridgeshire Regiment
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner George Arthur Stephens 220488, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal John Burrows Gell 530576, 15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Auriol Ernest Eric Lowry DSO MC. Unit: 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 23 September 1918 Western Front`
Died 23 September 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel James Meldrum Knox , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
On the Plain of Esdraelon: Night : with the 14th Australian Light Horse
23 September 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private A G Newman served with the 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. He was from Paddington, London. His service number was 40868. He was killed in action on 23 September 1918 aged 20. He is buried at Voormezeele Enclosure 3.
Died 23 September 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private A. Gaukroger. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Death: 23 September 1918, Western Front.
Died 23 September 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur James Mears 295085, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Gilbert Bell 155886, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private James Overthrow 88205, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Leslie Stewart Frost G/96207, Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Louis Achoy 413, Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish)
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Stephen Parker 10436, British West Indies Regiment
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Clarence Downey 4773, Australian Imperial Force
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Risaldar Badlu Singh VC , 14th Murray's Jat Lancers attached 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Albert Emanuel Colin Churcher 518477, Royal Flying Corps
Died 23 September 1918
Lives of the First World War