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).
Captain Joseph Cecil Harris. Unit: 3rd (North Midland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the "A" Casualty Clearing Station. Death: 16 August 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Noel William Ward Webb MC and Bar. Unit: 70th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain W C Ross. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal John Dinsmore 14458. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Sydney Herbert Fulcher 42196. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal David William Barnett Flack 939. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal John C P Watson 202968. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in Action at Langemarck. Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred Stainer 41708. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Holdsworth 17/1713. Unit: 13th Section, 8th Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private David R Sturges 202354. Unit: 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private F J Pitt 45122. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Inman G/52481. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Henry Rossiter 40111. Unit: 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Sidney Albert Ed Jackson 295106. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusilliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Wallace Hedge 30188. Unit: 7th Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917, wounded and missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William Louis Pecry 204681. Unit: 1st Battalion, attached to 1st/2nd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman & Signaller Hamish George Young 302988. Unit: A Company, 1st/5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Last seen in Polygon Wood Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Ernest Gotlop 47093. Unit: 6th Platoon, "B" Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Frank Robert Pitchers 302036. Unit: C Company (Lewis Gun Section), 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Percy A Brown 301448. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Ypres Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Thomas Alfred Brightwell R/34375. Unit: B Company, 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman William Jones 303269. Unit: D Company, 5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Adam Cyril Darley Hill. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Douglas William Ormond Townshend. Unit: 7th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action (with Observer Lieut L V Gray) Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Carleton Brooksby Elmitt. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harry Albert Mostyn Hoops. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Francis Clery. Unit: Royal Munster Fusiliers, attached to 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Granville Berry MC. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 16 August 1917 Ypres Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Joseph Kent Nowell. Unit: 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), Attached to 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Frederick Munsey. Unit: 12th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, formerly London Regiment (Artists Rifles). Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Harold Trant Williams. Unit: 29th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Hunter Clements MSM. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum