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!
Lieutenant Arthur Clegg Fanshawe Royle , North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 27 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Clegg Fanshawe Royle. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment). Death: 27 September 1914 Died from wounds received at Battle of the Aisne on 22 Sep Western Front
Died 27 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Erle Benson , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 27 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private David John Lewis 7904, South Wales Borderers
Died 27 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private George Curnick 8835, South Wales Borderers
Died 27 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Charles Bradley 8734, South Wales Borderers
Died 27 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Howcroft 8740, South Wales Borderers
Died 27 September 1914
Lives of the First World War