This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
2nd Lt George Strangman Shannon , South Staffordshire Regt.
Died 5 May 1915
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Lieutenant Colonel Arthur De Courcy Scott , Cheshire Regiment
Died 5 May 1915
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Lieutenant Cortlandt Richard MacGregor , South Wales Borderers
Died 5 May 1915
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Private Charles Walter Dennis G/4172, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 5 May 1915
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Private Edward Thomas Preston 1885, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 May 1915
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Private George Arnold Royle 8452, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 5 May 1915
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Private George Collier S/822, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 5 May 1915
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Private Harold Edwin Dewsbery 1874, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 May 1915
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Private Peter McGreevy 1059, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 5 May 1915
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Private Sheard Salthouse 1990, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 5 May 1915
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Private Sidney George Schofield 10352, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 5 May 1915
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Rifleman Henry Schonewald 1888, The Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
Died 5 May 1915
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Rifleman Walter William West 1550, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 5 May 1915
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Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Stephen Robertson , Ministry of Munition Staff
Died 5 May 1916
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Private Cyril Aron Samms 3675, British West Indies Regiment
Died 5 May 1916
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Private Robert Freer 15711, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 5 May 1916
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Fireman Leslie Nathan , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Feltria" (London)
Died 5 May 1917
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Lieutenant George Donald Gray , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 5 May 1917
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Lieutenant James Balleny Ireland , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 5 May 1917
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Lieutenant Norman Oliver Dingley , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 5 May 1917
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Private Charles Henry Hayes 14/54, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 5 May 1917
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Private Ernest Moore 41670, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 5 May 1917
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Private William Arnold Tomlin 203280, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Cecil Mervyn Gibson , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 5 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Charles Greenhalgh , Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Died 5 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant William Beaumont Alliban , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 5 May 1917
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Nurse Elizabeth McMath aka Daisy Warnock , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 5 May 1918
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Private Harry Pollard 28183, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 5 May 1918
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Private Henry John Fullick 1123, Australian Machine Gun Corps
Died 5 May 1918
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Private Sidney Charles Harmer 17975, East Surrey Regiment
Died 5 May 1918
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Serjeant Arthur George Spurway 743, Royal Field Artillery
Died 5 May 1918
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Lance Bombardier Harry James Walters 75824, Royal Field Artillery
Died 5 May 1920
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Lieutenant Colonel William Emsley Raley , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 5 May 1938
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Lieutenant Colonel Harry Greenwood VC , 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 5 May 1948
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Private Cyril Benjamin Boucher 13135, Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 5 May 1975
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Serjeant Oriel St Arnaud Duke, MM Stk/1857, 10th (Stockbrokers') Royal Fusiliers
Died 5 May 1976
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Lance Corporal George Henry Cole 64198, Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 5 May 1984
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