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 Edward Martin Crawley-Boevey , 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Attached 4th Royal Fusiliers
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Martin Crawley-Boevey. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to Royal Fusiliers. Death: 24 December 1914 Bailleul Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain George Richard Wyld. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, Berkshire Regiment. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in Action shot by a sniper while in the trenches near Givenchy Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in action aged 38 years La Bassee, Western Front. 4th Bart. Husband of Mabel Janetta Cholmeley, of Easton Hall, Grantham.
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Sir Montague Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley , 5th Reserve Battalion Grenadier Guards
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Robert Bassingham 9230, 1/5th London Regiment
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Charles Donohue Williams 2628, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald William Giles 3/6194, Devonshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alister McAndrew , Royal Highlanders
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alister McAndrew. Unit: 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 24 December 1914 Sniper- shot through heart Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Henry Gaythorne Nevill. Unit: Special Reserve (Attached to 3rd Battalion), Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum