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 Frederick Fitzgerald (original name - R. G. R. Mansfield). Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Death: 26 January 1915, Western Front.
Died 26 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant J C C Thompson. Unit: 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles), Attached to 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 26 January 1915 Missing in action Western Front
Died 26 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Henry Marchant. Unit: 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 26 January 1916 Western Front
Died 26 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Mrs Mabel L A A Farr, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 26 January 1917.
Died 26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private D B Davis. Unit: D Company, 52nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 January 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Miss Esther Dickson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of blood poisoning 26 January 1918.
Died 26 January 1918
Imperial War Museum