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!
Flight Lieutenant Harold Rosher , Royal Naval Air Service
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Charles E Kensett 34410, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Walter Alexander Cliff-McCulloch , Royal Irish Rifles
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Walter Alexander Cliff-McCulloch. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 27 February 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 27 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John George Whitbread 1701, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Stewardess Adelaide Ann Palmer , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Maloja" (Belfast)
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War