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
25 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
25 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Armytage Percy Bosanquet M.C. , Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Armytage Percy Bosanquet , Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Fireman William Allen 897504, Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Laurentic'
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Herbert Laurence Kitchen 15069. Unit: 15th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Death: 25 January 1917 Western Front.
Died 25 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Reuben Sherratt 16551, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Elers Delavel Henderson VC , Prince of Wales North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Leonard Tinne Berthon , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Heard 24500, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Hugh Galbraith Martin 105355, Canadian Infantry
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Philip Dawson 12719, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 January 1917
Lives of the First World War