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).
Acting Corporal Henry Arthur Alexander Lines 8495, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1915
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Captain Montague Arthur Finch Cotton , London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 18 May 1915
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Lance Corporal Percival Leonard Fosbury 1194, London Regiment
Died 18 May 1915
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Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges , Australian Imperial Force
Died 18 May 1915
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Private Edward Thomas Atkins 16123, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 18 May 1915
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Private Frederick George Denton 16104, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1915
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Private Harry Cecil Harwood 1846, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 18 May 1915
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Private Lawrence John Millage 1401, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 18 May 1915
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Private Percy Howard Steane 2631, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 18 May 1915
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Private William Harry Sidwell 1343, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1915
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Rifleman Leonard Cooper 1788, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 18 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Sydney Maurice Gregory , London Regiment
Died 18 May 1915
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Serjeant Arthur Frederick Bellringer 662, 2nd Rifle Brigade
Died 18 May 1915
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Stoker 1st Class Harry Thomas Tucker SS/105438, HMS Brilliant
Died 18 May 1915
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Private Ernest Harston 14/1365, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 May 1916
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Private Horace John Norton 1070, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1916
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Bombardier William Brereton Arnold 57911, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 18 May 1917
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Private Bernard O'Dowd 21141, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1917
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Private Edward Francis McIntosh 266525, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 18 May 1917
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Private Harry Sargeant 25535, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 May 1917
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Private John Cooke 22415, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 18 May 1917
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Rifleman James Alexander Tilbury 374042, London Regiment
Died 18 May 1917
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Rifleman Raymond Richardson Ringrose 372542, London Regiment
Died 18 May 1917
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Rifleman William Jones 653423, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 18 May 1917
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Driver Charles Christopher Lander 50523, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1918
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Fireman Battista Attard , Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Fleet Messenger Chesterfield
Died 18 May 1918
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Private Loftus Samuel John Parnell 50272, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1918
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Private Reginald Charles Holder 41011, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1918
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Second Lieutenant George Edward Archibald Fitzgeorge Hamilton , Grenadier Guards
Died 18 May 1918
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Temporary Major Ernest George Murdock , City of Bristol Volunteer Regiment
Died 18 May 1926
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Sister Mary Benallack , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 18 May 1937
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Second Lieutenant Frederick Henry Forde MC , Royal Field Artillery, 'A' Battery, 67 Brigade
Died 18 May 1941
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Staff Nurse Helen Lawson Pryde , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 18 May 1954
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