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).
Lance Corporal Thomas George Austin 11001, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 December 1914
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Lieutenant Edwin Allen James Edwards , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 31 December 1914
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Lieutenant Kenneth Clarke Thomson , Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 31 December 1914
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Private Albert Victor Colston 11476, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 December 1914
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Private William Henry Lawrence 10868, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 December 1914
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Second Lieutenant Guy Wiley Hughes , Middlesex Regiment
Died 31 December 1914
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Second Lieutenant John Edward Paton , Monmouthshire Regiment
Died 31 December 1914
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Second Lieutenant Richard Douglas Pryce Jenkin , South Wales Borderers
Died 31 December 1914
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Stoker 2nd Class Alfred John Clapp K20947, H.M.S. "Marlborough"
Died 31 December 1914
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Private David Dawson 11671, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 31 December 1915
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Private Walter Ernest Davis 14491, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 31 December 1915
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Gunner Abner Sylvester 60922, Royal Field Artillery
Died 31 December 1916
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Gunner Maurice Stanley Budden 855377, Royal Field Artillery
Died 31 December 1916
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Private Alexander Gilbertson 28345, South Lancashire Regiment
Died 31 December 1916
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Private Lewis Haddlesey 1038074, Canadian Forestry Corps
Died 31 December 1916
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Private William Fowler 13017, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 December 1916
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Una Marguerite Duncanson , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 31 December 1917
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Air Mechanic 2nd Class Fred Kendall 94023, Royal Flying Corps
Died 31 December 1917
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Lieutenant Arthur Lewis Jenkins , Royal Flying Corps
Died 31 December 1917
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Messman Henry Azzopardi , Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Osmanieh'
Died 31 December 1917
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Nursing Sister Catherine Ball , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 31 December 1917
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Nursing Sister Winifred M Brown , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 31 December 1917
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Private Arthur Foster 267712, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 31 December 1917
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Private Fredrick James Smith 9699, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 31 December 1917
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Private Harry William Finch 9095, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 December 1917
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Private Horace Augustus Aston 47753, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 31 December 1917
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Private John Cornelius Ridley 533878, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 31 December 1917
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Private Joseph Charles Bennett 320231, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 31 December 1917
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Sapper Frederick Hunneysett 282716, Royal Engineers
Died 31 December 1917
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Special Military Probationer Nellie Hawley , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 31 December 1917
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Staff Nurse M Dorothea Roberts , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 31 December 1917
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Nurse Aileen W Powers-Peel , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 31 December 1918
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Private Walter Harold Walker 3080603, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 31 December 1918
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Rifleman Edwin Gerald Ritchie 653555, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 31 December 1918
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Temporary Captain William Leefe Robinson VC , Royal Flying Corps
Died 31 December 1918
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Motor Driver Rita Watkinson nee McIntyre , Women's Legion
Died 31 December 1919
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Private George Henry Perks 152260, Machine Gun Corps
Died 31 December 1919
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Quartermaster Serjeant Ambrose Betts 17987, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 31 December 1919
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Captain Victor Law Burnside , 12th Battalion London Regiment (The Rangers)
Died 31 December 1920
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Ordinary Seaman Reginald John Swindale J51122, HMS Chester
Died 31 December 1940
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Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Cattell Greenway , 2nd South Wales Borderers
Died 31 December 1956
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