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!
Temporary Captain Philip Howe MC , 10th West Yorkshire Regiment
Died 15 March 1986
Lives of the First World War
Sister Mary Jane Hughes , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 22 March 1986
Lives of the First World War
Major Gerald Blakeney De Courcy-Ireland, M.V.O., M.C. , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 28 March 1986
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Cecil George Thackway 919515, 99th Battalion
Died 5 June 1986
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Aubrey Burtwell Vandervord , London Regiment
Died 10 June 1986
Lives of the First World War
Clerk Elizabeth Jane known as Batchie Griffiths , British Red Cross, Catterick Camp
Died 9 September 1986
Lives of the First World War
Private Edwin Richard Pope 270593, East Kent Regiment
Died 18 October 1986
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes , Royal Air Force
Died 22 November 1986
Lives of the First World War