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 W Robinson. Unit: Royal Air Force. Death: 20 April 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 20 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private George Sydney Mabardi 557B. Unit: 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Death: 20 April 1918 Western Front
Died 20 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Raymond-Barker MC. Unit: Northumberland Fusiliers, attached to No. 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Death: 20 April 1918 Western Front.
Died 20 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles Roper Gorell Barnes DSO MC. Unit: 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade and General List. Death: 21 April 1918, Western Front.
Died 21 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Colonel Alfred Keene CMG DSO. Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery; General Staff. Death: 21 April 1918.
Died 21 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Corporal John Henry Shepherd 21321. Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 21 April 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 21 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Victor de Vipont Waithman 203090. Unit: 9th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 21 April 1918, died of wounds, Macedonia. Buried at the Sarigol Cemetery.
Died 21 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Eric Trevor-Jones MC. Unit: 10th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Death: 22 April 1918
Died 22 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal G M Margerison 680. Unit: 21st Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 April 1918 Western Front
Died 22 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Henry Alfred Fitzroy. Unit: 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards, attached to Royal Air Force. Death: 23 April 1918 Western Front.
Died 23 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private David Currie 45886. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 23 April 1918 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Company Sergeant Major John Dunstan Stephens 3945. Unit: 59th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 April 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Patrick Francis Kennedy. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 24 April 1918 Western Front.
Died 24 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Kenneth Chester Herron. Unit: Essex Yeomanry, attached to No. 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Death: 24 April 1918, Somme, Western Front.
Died 24 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred John Peart 2545. Unit: 28th Battalion, 15th Brigade, 5th Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 April 1918 Western Front
Died 24 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry Drew 3117/700787. Unit: C Company, 2nd/23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 24 April 1918 Palestine Egypt
Died 24 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Driver Daniel Arthur Davies 94158. Unit: A Battery, 64th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 25 April 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett 1972A. Unit: 51st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 Villers-Bretonneux Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Rush DCM. Unit: 14th Company, 5th Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 At Villiers Brellonueaux Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Clement Heywood. Unit: Royal Field Artillery. Death: 25 April 1918, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Gardiner. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached to the 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 25 April 1918, Flanders, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles James Critchley Blackburn. Unit: D Company, 5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 25 April 1918 Western Front. Son of the late William and Maria Blackburn.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant George Hope Campbell Hart. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Light Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918, Western Front.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Harold Vincent Brightwell 6537. Unit: 21st Reinforcements, 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 Villers Bretonneux Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private John Milne Maitland 271401. Unit: C Company Royal Scottish Regiment. Death: 25 April 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Peter Robert Jones 304232. Unit: 13th Battalion, Tank Corps. Death: 25 April 1918 Western Front.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Stanley Gordon Dawtrey 1159. Unit: Headquarters Staff, 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private William Balden 31689. Unit: D Company, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 25 April 1918
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Major Frank (Francis) McGraw 2111 MC. Unit: 3rd Reinforcements, 33rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Charles Victor Harder. Unit: "D" Battery, 50th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 26 April 1918, killed in action in the Battle of Mount Kemmel, Western Front.
Died 26 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Frank William Wells 17145. Unit: A Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 26 April 1918 Missing in Action (but see Remarks column). Western Front
Died 26 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter John Lloyd 72448. Unit: B Company, 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 26 April 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 26 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Witter. Unit: 13th Battalion, Tank Corps. Death: 26 April 1918 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 26 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Somerville. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 26 April 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 26 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Cecil Frederick G Coles 390653. Unit: Bandmaster, 9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles). Death: 26 April 1918 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 26 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Augustus Montague Sargent. Unit: 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment). Death: 27 April 1918 Died of wounds in France Western Front
Died 27 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Paterson. Unit: 1st/2nd Battalion, attached to 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1918 Western Front
Died 28 April 1918
Imperial War Museum