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!
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Henry Trewin 88840. Unit: BBattery, 66th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 28 July 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Thomas Henry Trewin 88840, Royal Field Artillery
Died 28 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Guy William Hopton. Unit: 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 28 July 1915, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Brian Walton Onslow , 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse)
Died 28 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lt Osmaston, from Pachmarhi, Central Provinces, India, was educated in England at United Services College, Bognor, St George's School, Harpenden and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (where he was awarded the King's Gold Medal). Lt Osmaston received h
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private George Frederick Gibson 16408, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 28 July 1915
Lives of the First World War