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!
Mrs Jessie Sarah Trollope nee Wallace , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 28 March 1917
Lives of the First World War
Boulangerie détruite, rue des Elus, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 475
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Boulangerie détruite, rue des Elus, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 74 157
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Christopher Francis Hewitt Puckridge. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Death: 28 March 1917 Western Front
Died 28 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Daniel George Collinson 241051, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 28 March 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Edward Holmes 200515, Cheshire Regiment
Died 28 March 1917
Lives of the First World War
Deux jeunes Rémois posant devant les ruines, rue de l\'Isle, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 476
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux jeunes Rémois posant devant les ruines, rue de l\'Isle, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 74 158
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Distribution de charbon, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 464
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Distribution de charbon, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 465
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 467
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 468
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Serjeant Stanley Gibson 17/758, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 28 March 1917
Lives of the First World War
L\'entrée de l\'ancien archevêché, aujourd\'hui palais du Tau, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 473
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mrs Jessie Trollope, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted from a patient 28 March 1917.
Died 28 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Mrs Jessie Trollope, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted from a patient 28 March 1917.
Died 28 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Place du cardinal Luçon, parvis de la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 474
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Portrait d\'une vieille femme, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 463
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruine rue de la Gabelle, au fond la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 477
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruine rue de la Gabelle, au fond la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 72 746
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines d\'une imprimerie, rue des Trois Raisinets, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 472
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines rue de l\'Isle, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 470
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines rue de l\'Isle, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 471
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines rue de Mâcon, au fond la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 469
28 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine