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 Serjeant Reuben Orman 9311, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Bandsman Alfred John Bailey 10192, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Albert Alexander Leslie Stephen DSO. Unit: Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain and Adjutant Albert Alexander Leslie Stephen , Scots Guards
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Eric Charles Schooling. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.. Wounded in November 1914 missing in March 1915. Reported to be Killed in action at Gheluvelt, Belgium, on 31 October 1914. Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Ernest Hugh Lyddon. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 At Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Graham Percival Shedden , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Graham Percival Shedden. Unit: 35th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 31 October 1914 Died of wounds received at Chateau of Hooge near Ypres, when a shell struck British headquarters Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Hugh Clervaux Chaytor. Unit: 26th King George's Own Light Infantry, attached to 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Age 30 years Messines,Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Ian Bouverie Maxwell , South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Ian Bouverie Maxwell. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Edmund Simpson , King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain John Edmund Simpson MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed at Messines, Flanders Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Spottiswoode , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain John Spottiswoode. Unit: 6th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action at Gheluvelt, in the Battle of Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Lancelot Barrington Crofts Tristram , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Lancelot Barrington Crofts Tristram. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Leslie Sedgwick Whitchurch. Unit: 21st Prince Albert Victors Own Cavalry (Frontier Force, Dalys Horse), attached to 5th Dragoon Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in Action at Messines Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Mervyn Crawshay , 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Mervyn Crawshay. Unit: 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Richard Crofton George Moore Kinkead MB. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front. Son of Prof. R. J. and Emily Kinkead, of Foster House, Galway.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Richard Vincent Barker , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Richard Vincent Barker MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Staff Captain, 22nd Brigade. Death: 31 October 1914 Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Ronald Steuart Gordon. Unit: 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914, Messines, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Waldo Alington Gwennap Moore , Welsh Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Waldo Alington Gwennap Moore. Unit: 2nd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Near Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Walter Hughes Ferrar. Unit: Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914, Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Joseph Wickham. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in Action at Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain William McMillan Black , 58th Vaughan Rifles
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain William McMillan Black MID. Unit: Adjutant, 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Colonel Frederic Walter Kerr DSO. Unit: 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, attached to 1st Division HQ Staff General Staff as GSO1. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Colour Serjeant Charles Darbon 5858, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Company Serjeant Major Arthur Whatley 4680, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Corporal (Acting Serjeant) Thomas Smith 13284, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
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Corporal Francis James Higgs 5998, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
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Lance Corporal George Edward Smith 10894, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
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Lance Corporal Joseph Walton 6386, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
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Lance Corporal Thomas Frederick Dennis 9424 , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
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Lance Corporal William Smith 7971, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
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Lieutenant Alan Randall Aufrere Leggett. Unit: 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.. Death: 31 October 1914 At Armentieres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Archibald Stuart Bullock Graham , Gordon Highlanders
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Archibald Stuart Bullock Graham. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 31 October 1914, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cecil Francis Crousaz , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Cecil Francis Crousaz. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action at Zonnebeke near Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edward Venour. Unit: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force). Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edwin Venour , 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Edmund Elgood Punchard , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Edmund Elgood Punchard MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edmund Wilkinson DCM MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edward Hubert Leatham. Unit: 12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Frank Vincent Thicke. Unit: Staff Officer, 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, Interpreter to Brigadier General Lawford. Death: 31 October 1914, missing in action, Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant George Archer-Shee , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant George Archer-Shee. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Gerard Gordon Clement Elrington , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Godfrey Evan Hugh MacDonald. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scotts Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Kenneth Croft North MID. Unit: 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, commanding the machine gun section.. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action at Hollebeke Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lionel Hope Hawkins. Unit: 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). Death: 31 October 1914, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Philip Francis Payne-Gallwey. Unit: 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers, attached to 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Philip Walter Rudolph Doll. Unit: Machine Gun Officer, 1st/8th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Piers Stewart St Aubyn. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 31 October 1914 Wounded and missing at Gheluvelt Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Reginald Bracebridge Hadley , South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Spencer Julian Wilfred Railston , 18th Lancers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Spencer Julian Wilfred Railston. Unit: 18th Battalion, King George’s Own Lancers, Indian Army, attached to 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Death: 31 October 1914 Messines Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Arthur Jex-Blake Percival DSO. Unit: Northumberland Fusiliers, attached to 2nd Division Staff, General Staff. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Jex-Blake Percival, D.S.O. , Head Quarters Staff
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major George Geoffrey Prendergast Humphreys. Unit: 127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry, Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914 Died of wounds at Hollebeke Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major George Paley. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, (The Prince Consort’s Own), attached as GSO2 1st Division Staff. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major James Alexander Browning , Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major James Alexander Browning MID. Unit: 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Death: 31 October 1914. Son of Mr. E. C. Browning; husband of Lilian Browning, of Greengates, Wargrave, Berks.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major John Frederick Loder-Symonds. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 First Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Neil MacPherson , 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major Neil MacPherson. Unit: 2nd in Command, 2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles). Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Robert Macgregor Stewart Gardner , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major William Ernest Watson DSO. Unit: 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). Death: 31 October 1914 Missing in Action at Messines. Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major William Lyttleton Lawrence , South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major William Lyttleton Lawrence DSO. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private (Acting Corporal) Mark Humphreys 9056, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Edward Eagle 10882, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert John Hammond 8692, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Selby 8974. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert William Sherwood 8826, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Jones 4643, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Amos James Edwards 9514, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
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Private Arthur Edward Turner 9515, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
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Private Arthur Henry Lambert Cramer 8960, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Henry Whittle 9402, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Kitcherside 11374, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War