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!
Avenue Jean-Jaures (anciennement rue du Faubourg Cérès), Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 178
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Bombardier William David Hilder. Unit: 51st Battery, Australian Field Artillery, 13th Brigade, 5th Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 January 1917, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 27 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Norman Douglas Fraser 9/407, Otago Mounted Rifles
Died 27 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
La rue de l\'Université, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 176
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue Eugène Desteuque en ruine, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 175
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue Eugène Desteuque, avec au fond la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 172
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Guy Newbery 52, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Les ruines du Mont de Piété (crédit municipal), côté de la rue Saint-Symphorien, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 171
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les ruines d\'une maison, rue Saint-Symphorien, au fond la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 170
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maisons en ruine, rue Eugène Desteuque, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 173
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private John Henry Taylor 33793. Unit: 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 27 January 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 27 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Samuel Goldman 12899. Unit: "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 27 January 1917, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William J Collins 6063, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Ruines de la cathédrale depuis la rue Paul-Neveux, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 169
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines rue de l\'Université, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 177
27 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine