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!
Corporal Charles Field 260103, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Stevens, M.M. 74412, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Marrison 201623, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Marrison 201623. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment.. Death: 30 April 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 30 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Hubert Chamberlain Vale 2913, 3rd Australian Pioneers
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald Francis Polden 33406, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Isherwood 201686, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney Bone Higgs RR/1355, 1st Regiment South African Infantry
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman George Norris Hills 99326, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 30 April 1918
Lives of the First World War