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).
Private Albert T Hendley SD/1357, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert William George Anderson 267911, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Alfred Simpson 242968, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Arthur Fieldhouse 202333, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Benjamin Ellison 26104, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Benjamin Taylor 202663, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Charles Ernest Hansford 25974, Grenadier Guards
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Charles Henry Berry 41691, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Charles Marshall Duncan 359042, Cameron Highlanders, attached to King's Liverpool Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Charles Marshall Duncan 359042. Unit: Cameron Highlanders, attached to 1st/10th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 31 July 1917 Missing in action Western Front.
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Tough 200906. Unit: BCompany, 6th Platoon, 1st/5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 31 July 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Christopher V Trollope 41789, Manchester Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private David Charles Jones G/24809, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Donald Mclaren Turnbull 266262, Black Watch Royal Highlanders
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Ellis Humphrey Evans - Hedd Wyn 61117, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Eric Robert Wilson George Randall 19204, Coldstream Guards
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Frederick Couldrey 26430(Incomplete), Grenadier Guards
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Frederick George Kilgour 35149, Manchester Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Gavin Watson McArthur S/30548, Cameron Highlanders
Died 31 July 1917
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Private George Bernard Hawson 66731. Unit: "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 31 July 1917, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Bernard Hawson GS/66731, Royal Fusiliers
Died 31 July 1917
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Private George Griffiths Parry 55996, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 31 July 1917
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Private George Henry Wright 202157, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private George Henry Wright 202157. Unit: 10th Platoon, C Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 31 July 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Jamieson 22462. Unit: D Company, 6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 31 July 1917 Belgium Western Front. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Jamieson, of Edinburgh; husband of Annie Baxter Ferguson, of 32, Queen St., Stirling.
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Yates 50158, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Died 31 July 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Edward Lovelace L/15049, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Henry Edward Lovelace. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 31 July 1917 Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Henry James Harfield 37545, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Henry Joseph Brindle 16296, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Henry Pearson Adshead 72834, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Hubert Holroyd Charles Wareham 18837, Coldstream Guards
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Jabez Juina Parks 267435, Hertfordshire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private James Kay 24862, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 31 July 1917
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Private James Leith 268050. Unit: 15th Platoon, 6th Battalion, formerly (6567) Scottish Horse, Black Watch. Death: 31 July 1917
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private James McLaren 32334. Unit: 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 31 July 1917 Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Arthur Jones 22445, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 31 July 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Dempster 242266. Unit: 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 31 July 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Sedgwick 241053, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Josiah Dyson 26751, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Leslie Edward Lawrence 13956. Unit: A Coy, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 31 July 1917 Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Oliver Moss 70285, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Percy Rowland Wade 41431, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Percy Rowland Wade 41431. Unit: 17th Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 31 July 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Peter Hume Ritchie 202935, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Philip Lagden G/392, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Richard Matthew Ireland 245232, Manchester Regiment
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Robert Turnbull S/22356, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Robert Victor Davies 56806, 15th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers
Died 31 July 1917
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Private Ted Jones. Unit: Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 31 July 1917 Western Front
Died 31 July 1917
Imperial War Museum