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!
William Fitzgerald Levin 11/787, Divisional Headquarters
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Molesworth Walpole Sealy , Royal Engineers
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Harry Reid Thomas , 26th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Company Quartermaster Serjeant Simon Merritt 3/256, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal John Mandall 9035, South Wales Borderers
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
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
Lieutenant Guy Darcy Daveney Macarthur , Australian Infantry
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Vilipate 16/1178, New Zealand Maori Contingent, 3rd (Niue Detachment)
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Enoch Tudor 466, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Ephraim Atkinson 2031, West Riding Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Coley 3147, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private James Arthur Beal 1709, West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Moore 3/1759, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney Herbert Johnson 1176, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War