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 Charles Gordon Loftus Tottenham. Unit: Royal Engineers, attached 4th Company, 1st Regiment, King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners. Death: 30 March 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 30 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Edward Marshall , Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 30 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain John Edward Marshall. Unit: 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.. Death: 30 March 1915 Western Front
Died 30 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Hugh Alexander Broadway MID. Unit: 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 30 March 1915 From wounds Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 30 March 1915
Imperial War Museum