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!
Chauffeur Vera Louise Holme , Scottish Womens Hospital
Died 1 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Heathcote Mylne MC , 10th Gurkha Rifles
Died 5 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Leslie Wilton Andrew VC 11795, New Zealand Army
Died 8 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Marion Frances HALIBURTON , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 11 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Private James Henry Youell 201721, 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion
Died 15 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant James Ernest Ward 8860, Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Tiger
Died 15 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Reginald Philip Edward Richards , Royal Army Service Corps
Died 24 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Private Samuel P Blott SE/13183, Army Veterinary Corps
Died 31 January 1969
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman Dalmorton Joseph Owendale Rudd 3389, HMAS Australia
Died 7 February 1969
Lives of the First World War
Private Curtis Elsworth M2/113627, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 19 February 1969
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Frank Wellman Hunter 91701, 1st Seige Battery
Died 21 February 1969
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Alfred Philip Clow 90162, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 2 March 1969
Lives of the First World War
Telegraphist Robert James Packham J22764, HMS SOUTHAMPTON
Died 12 March 1969
Lives of the First World War
Private James Duffy VC 17978, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 8 April 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Malpas Gore , 8th Punjab Regiment
Died 19 April 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell , Grenadier Guards
Died 4 May 1969
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Charles Edward Spackman VC , The Border Regiment
Died 7 May 1969
Lives of the First World War
Captain Stephen Sebastian Horsley , East Surrey Regiment
Died 3 June 1969
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Thomas Caldwell VC 295536, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 6 June 1969
Lives of the First World War
Temporary Major Archibald Edward Dunbar , West Yorkshire Regiment
Died 15 June 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel The Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander , Irish Guards
Died 16 June 1969
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Thompson Urwin 18/1308, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 23 June 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Ernest Reed 15692, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 5 July 1969
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Bertha Ann MERRIMAN , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 6 July 1969
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Henry Sparrow M2/166824, Army Service Corps
Died 30 July 1969
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Harold Boston , Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
Died 18 August 1969
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Norman Washington Manley, MM L/41805, Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 September 1969
Lives of the First World War
Captain Ellis George Whately , Hertfordshire Regiment/ Staff
Died 4 September 1969
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Herbert Knott 6392220, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 5 September 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal David Bertram Marsden 200719, 4th Btn Tank Corps
Died 6 October 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Lionel Bassett Liscombe Seckham , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 14 October 1969
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Frederick William Holmes VC 9376, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 22 October 1969
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Ruth Elsie DAWN , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 29 November 1969
Lives of the First World War
Private Hugh Pierce Roberts F/51, Middlesex Regiment
Died 5 December 1969
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman Frederick John Matthew Berry J36264, HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company
Died 12 December 1969
Lives of the First World War