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 Harold Thomas Forster DSO MC 5670. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 29 May 1918, Western Front.
Died 29 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal George Swan Ogilvie 7660, 2nd Regiment South African Infantry
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
29 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
29 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
29 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
29 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
29 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Lancelot Colin William Deane , South Wales Borderers
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Lancelot Colin William Deane DSO MC MID. Unit: Commanding 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 29 May 1918 Western Front. Only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Deane, of "Beauvoir," Kotagiri, Nilgiris, Southern India.
Died 29 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Endell Wanklyn, M.C. , Royal Field Artillery
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Wilfred Hammond 41633, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Samuel Bowen 50587, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Jarmin Prettejohn 20656, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Ernest Albert Saunders 1446, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Percival Ward Willis 1474, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard King Funnell 81611, Durham Light Infantry
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Crawford 66810, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Edwin Knowles 35307, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alexander Kirkpatrick Collins , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 29 May 1918
Lives of the First World War