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!
Captain Henry Cyril Harold Illingworth , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Henry Cyril Harold Illingworth MC. Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 28 February 1917.
Died 28 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Cecil Owen Mills 1736, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Thomas Lewin 202433, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Mehl und Brot - Kundmachung - In italienischer Sprache
28 February 1917
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Caygill Smith 23240, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Wales G/21211, The Queen's Regiment
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Thomas Palmer 200218, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry William Forster 27074, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert E Rogers G/23235. Unit: 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 28 February 1917 Western Front
Died 28 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Herbert E. Rogers G/23235, Middlesex Regiment
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William George Stone 33881, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman George Frederick William Scott A/200214, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 28 February 1917
Lives of the First World War