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!
Private Frederick George Mynott 52406, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Died 7 February 1980
Lives of the First World War
Canteener Esme Margaret Ryland Chavasse , French Red Cross
Died 19 February 1980
Lives of the First World War
Musician George Hill 595, Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE
Died 8 March 1980
Lives of the First World War
Private Leslie Charles Kimberlin 246764, Royal Engineers
Died 16 April 1980
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Reginald Arthur Savory, M.C. , 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
Died 14 June 1980
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Nellie Alfreda Pike , Australian Army Nursing Service
Died 15 June 1980
Lives of the First World War
Private John Paton Laurie 7244, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 23 June 1980
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Elisha Grimshaw VC 2609, The Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 20 July 1980
Lives of the First World War
Company Quarter Master Serjeant Harold Ernest Tice 25433, East Surrey Regiment
Died 25 July 1980
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC , Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Died 24 August 1980
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Harold Edward Leslie Mellersh , East Lancashire Regiment
Died 14 October 1980
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Theodore William Henry Veale VC 564359, Labour Corps
Died 6 November 1980
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Nellie Claire McCurdy, ARRC later Fisher , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 23 November 1980
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick William James Luke Fitzwalter 818, Devonshire Regiment
Died 30 November 1980
Lives of the First World War
Nurse Florence Oppenheimer , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service
Died 4 December 1980
Lives of the First World War
Temporary Lieutenant John Reginald Noble Graham VC , attached to the Machine Gun Corps
Died 6 December 1980
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant William Thomas Patch WR/126977, Royal Engineers
Died 12 December 1980
Lives of the First World War