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!
Corporal Michael Neville Magner 3273. Unit: 70th Reinforcement, 30th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 October 1917 Western Front
Died 23 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Driver Charles Rice 1478, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Arthur Ryland 203462, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 23 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Battison 35119, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 23 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private L W Hutchinson 60612. Unit: Z Company, 15th Platoon, Sherwood Foresters. Death: 23 October 1917 Missing in action
Died 23 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Reginald Joshua Jackson 47480, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 23 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Robert Lintill M/344842, Army Service Corps
Died 23 October 1917
Lives of the First World War