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!
Lieutenant Leonard Castel Campbell Rogers MC MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, 7th Gurka Rifles, attached to 9th Gurkha Rifles. Death: 25 December 1914 Died of wounds at Festubert Western Front
Died 25 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edward Vere Birch-Reynardson. Unit: 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 25 December 1915
Died 25 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William George Moncur. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 25 December 1917 Western Front
Died 25 December 1917
Imperial War Museum