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!
Harold Percy Bird 2111, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Arthur Wilson Simpkin. Unit: 13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Death: 30 September 1918 Killed at Crevecoeur Western Front
Died 30 September 1918
Imperial War Museum
Cimetière musulman aux abords de la ville, Environs d\'Assouan, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 937
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Richard William Sizeland 267202, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Couloir des Pertes du Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 945
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Couloir des Pertes du Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 946
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Gunner Ernest David Rawle 190809, Royal Field Artillery
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Kiosque de Trajan, Philae, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 933
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Frederick Walter Thew G/60588, Middlesex Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Jack Tustin 36116, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal James Stevens 202160, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Le barrage de la Perte du Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 941
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le barrage de la Perte du Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 942
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Nil asséché avec le barrage, Environs d\'Assouan, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 942
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Nil asséché avec le barrage, Environs d\'Assouan, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 943
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Nil asséché avec le barrage, Environs d\'Assouan, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 944
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le nouveau chenal et le barrage, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 943
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le nouveau chenal et le barrage, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 944
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Philip Sydney Slicer , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Samuel Lewis Honey VC 602174, Manitoba Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Maisons nubiennes, Shellal, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 938
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Marmites d\'érosion au lieu-dit du Pont des Oules, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 947
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Marmites d\'érosion au lieu-dit du Pont des Oules, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 948
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Parois rocheuses dominant la Valserine avant le confluent, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 938
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Parois rocheuses dominant la Valserine, avant le confluent, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 937
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Pioneer William Crowley Whittingham 334828, Royal Engineers
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Porte d\'entrée du temple d\'Isis, Philae, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 935
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poste de transformation de Coupy dominant le Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 935
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poste de transformation de Coupy dominant le Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 936
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poste de transformation de Coupy, au confluent de la Valserine et du Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 933
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poste de transformation de Coupy, au confluent de la Valserine et du Rhône, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 934
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Albert William Garrett 67318, Devonshire Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Andrew Dillon GS/93366, 23rd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) (1st Sportsm
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Goddard SS/16611, Army Service Corps
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Gordon Wills 290752, Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Turnbull 32828, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George David Dun 201663, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Sylvanus Meredith 56760, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private James Henry Newby 63797, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Ashwood 51275, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Griffin 52832, Highland Light Infantry
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Lawrence John Stevens 20213, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Percy Trevor Gould 41338, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Theophilus White 1285, British West Indies Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William T Blackwell 17258, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Pylône d\'entrée du temple d\'Isis, Philae, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 934
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Rifleman Walter Francis Davis R/18836, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 30 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Tombes dans l\'ancien cimetière musulman aux abords de la ville, Environs d\'Assouan, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 936
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Usine d\'Eloise, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 939
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Usine d\'Eloise, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France, A 14 940
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue d\'ensemble sur le temple d\'Isis, Philae, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 932
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur le Nil depuis le grand pylône du temple d\'Isis, Philae, Egypte, Afrique, A 15 939
30 septembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine