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).
Lieutenant Alfred Renshaw. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 07 June 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cecil Oversby Sayer. Unit: 7th Battalion (Territorial), Durham Light Infantry. Death: 07 June 1915 Wounded near Ypres on 24 May 1915 taken prisoner by Germans, died in hospital at Courtrai Western Front
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edmund Giles Radcliffe Romanes. Unit: 12th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 07 June 1915 Western Front
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Francis Henry Lambert. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Death: 07 June 1915 On hospital ship Somali– buried at sea on way to Malta Gallipoli
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Frederick Taylor. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment. Death: 07 June 1915 Western Front
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur Claud Middleton. Unit: 1st/8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 07 June 1915 Gallipoli
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Claude Lysaght Mackay. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 07 June 1915 Western Front
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Frederick Maxwell Waite. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 07 June 1915 Killed in Action near Lindenhoek Western Front
Died 7 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private T S Lang 105. Unit: B Coy, 26th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 June 1916 Western Front
Died 7 June 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal John Anderson 2527A. Unit: C Company, 47th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 June 1917 Messines Ridge Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Edward Barbero 721048. Unit: 1st/24th Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 07 June 1917 Hollebeke Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Frederick Edwin Clark 1034. Unit: 38th Battalion, 10th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 June 1917 Killed in action at Messines Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal George Brown 1725. Unit: 9th and/or 49th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 June 1917 Messines Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Willie P Bolton 13458. Unit: 11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 7 June 1917 Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Fred Marshall 201805. Unit: 14th Platoon, D Company, 8th Battalion, York & Lancashire Regiment. Death: 07 June 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Whyte 4613. Unit: 47th Battalion (late of 15th Battalion), Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 June 1917 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Gordon Munro 531593. Unit: B Company, 1st/15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles). Death: 07 June 1917 Missing at Battle of Messines
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Addison 50842. Unit: 108th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 07 June 1917 Killed in action Lindenhoek during attack on Messines Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Walter Arthur Newman 372929. Unit: 1st/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Death: 07 June 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Ager Duckett. Unit: 9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry, attached to Machine Gun Corps (Tanks). Death: 07 June 1917 Western Front.
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Aaron Goldstone 884. Unit: "C" Company, 37th Battalion, 10th Infantry Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 7 June 1917, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Alfred W. Howitt DCM 587. Unit: 7th Field Ambulance Battalion, Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 7 June 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum
SERVICE OF MAJOR J W SHAW MBE WITH THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS, AND AS A PRISONER-OF-WAR, 1917
7 June 1917
Imperial War Museum