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!
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Cortlandt MacGregor. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 26 February 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 26 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Driver Carl Richmond Hansen 2041A. Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 February 1917, killed in action at Bapaume, Somme, Western Front.
Died 26 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Petty Officer First Class William Harris Saunders J/5200. Unit: HM Gunboat Mantis, Royal Navy. Death: 26 February 1917 Killed in action aboard HMS Gunboat Mantis off Mesopotamia Indian Ocean
Died 26 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
E Edgar, South African Military Nursing Service. Drowned on the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle 26 February 1918.
Died 26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
E Edgar, South African Military Nursing Service. Drowned on the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle 26 February 1918.
Died 26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Edith Blake, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned on the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle 26 February 1918 .
Died 26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Miss Rose Kendall, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned on the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle 26 February 1918.
Died 26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Rebecca Rose Mary Beresford, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned on the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle 26 February 1918.
Died 26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Rebecca Rose Mary Beresford, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned on the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle 26 February 1918.
Died 26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Rose Rendall, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned on the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle 26 February 1918.
Died 26 February 1918
Imperial War Museum