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).
Second Lieutenant Goulbourne Hayward Jennings. Unit: 20th Battalion, attached to 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 15 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant William Doyle Hobson 1855. Unit: Lewis Gun Section, 49th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 15 August 1916, killed in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Eric Albert Peppiette. Unit: 10th Battalion (attached 13th), King’s Liverpool Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Victor Gillard Dridan. Unit: B Company, 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred Lionel Cooper 3047. Unit: 47th Battalion, 12th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Bailey 6178/357297. Unit: "E" Company, 1st/10th Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Booth 26797. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Roy Charles Goman 5097. Unit: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Pte Neal of 13 Platoon, D Company, was reported missing during the Battle of the Somme on 16 August 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Andrew Duncan Hotchkies 4486. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1916, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Long 23497. Unit: 7th Battalion, Northamtonshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private G A Lumby 27916. Unit: A Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Alfred Wood 26069. Unit: 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own). Death: 17 August 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Morris Gaunt 28032. Unit: "A" Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 17 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 17 August 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Stanley F Chippendale DCM. Unit: 52nd Battery, Australian Army. Death: 17 August 1916 Died of wounds Gallipoli
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Fabian Saunders. Unit: C Company, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 18 August 1916 Western Front
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant F Mackay. Unit: Cameron Highlanders. Death: 18 August 1916
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Alfred Hooper. Unit: 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 August 1916, killed in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private (Cyclist) Herbert Jackson 1266/225306. Unit: C Company, 5th Battalion, attached to 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 18 August 1916 Western Front
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Arthus Levens. Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces. Death: 18 August 1916
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph Gandell 19059. Unit: 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 18 August 1916, Guillemont, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private William Cameron S/10244. Unit: 8th Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 18 August 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private William Gilchrist S/10229. Unit: 5th Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 18 August 1916, Bois des Foureaux, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Pte Oliphant, who had transferred from 11 to 2 Battalion, was reported missing, aged 38, on 18 August 1916 at Longueval during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval.
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Fitzmaurice Valentine Scoones. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 18 August 1916 Died in training with Black Watch United Kingdom
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Francis Haydon. Unit: "C" Battery, 175th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 18 August 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Futvoye Marsden-Smedley. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 18 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 18 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frank Waker Harris. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to the 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Percy David Mansfield 4256. Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916 Western Front
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Allan Edmund Betts 1810. Unit: 4th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Claude William Brown 2784. Unit: 6th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry John Williams. Unit: 12th Battalion (late 7th Reinforcements to 26th Battalion), Australian Infantry. Death: 19 August 1916 Reported ‘Missing’. Officially reported killed Jul 1917 Western Front
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Victor Steward Hope 3546A. Unit: 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, missing in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant William Wallace Campbell. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916 to 22 August 1916, killed in action, Mouquet Farm, Somme, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Geoffrey Stephen Walley. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 20 August 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 20 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Geoffrey Stephen Walley. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 20 August 1916 Western Front
Died 20 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick John Thompson 3959. Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Expeditionary Force. Death: 20 August 1916 Died of wounds at 3 Casualty Clearing St ation Western Front
Died 20 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Grant Geddes Angus 4127. Unit: D Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 August 1916 Western Front
Died 20 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Norman John McLeod 3395. Unit: 14th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 August 1916 Western Front
Died 20 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Nevill Lindsay Young. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 20 August 1916 at the Battle of the Somme Western Front
Died 20 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Alfred Alcock. Unit: 8th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 21 August 1916, High Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 21 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Sydney Thomas Askham. Unit: 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 21 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 21 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Lees Duckett. Unit: 9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry. Death: 22 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 22 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Signaller William Dixon Ashley 4133. Unit: 9th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 August 1916 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 22 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Joseph Alexander Ashford 19477. Unit: "A" Battery, 100th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 August 1916, Macedonia. Buried at the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Walter Francis Butt 7841. Unit: 22nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred Langridge 3346. Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916 From gas poisoning Western Front
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Leslie Haliburton Fynmore 628. Unit: "C" Company, 21st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916, Mouquet Farm, Somme, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Woolf Fisher 4518/266755. Unit: 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 23 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Lionel Austin Butler. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Benjamin Alfred Jemesen 3115. Unit: 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Oscar Alfred Horsten 3830/A. Unit: 25th Battalion, attached to the 49th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 August 1916, died of wounds at Brighton, England.
Died 24 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Pte Oldroyd was reported missing, aged 20, on 24 August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 24 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Nicklin. Unit: C Company, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers. Death: 24 August 1916 Western Front
Died 24 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur William Frölich (Frohlich) 879. Unit: "D" Company, 24th Battalion, 6th Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 August 1916, Western Front.
Died 25 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Reginald Walter W James 581. Unit: 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 August 1916 Pozieres Western Front.
Died 25 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Edward Beach Hatt. Unit: "C" Company, 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 26 August 1916, killed in action at Trones Wood, Somme, Western Front.
Died 26 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Charles Samuel Tucker 1069 MM. Unit: BCompany, 22nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 August 1916 Killed in action at the capture of Mouqet Farm Western Front
Died 26 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph James Newton 702. Unit: C Company, 21st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 August 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 26 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Leonard Fitzroy Wilkinson 3954. Unit: A Company, 9th/21st Battalion, 6th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 August 1916 Reported missing for 12 months then reported killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France Western Front
Died 26 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private William John Wilson 5566/267192. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 26 August 1916 Western Front
Died 26 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private William Leslie Hyder 7638. Unit: 24th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 August 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 26 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Alfred Vivian Stanfield. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 26 August 1916 Killed in action at Guillemont Western Front
Died 26 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Joseph Mark Snow 3184/200896. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 27 August 1916 Missing
Died 27 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Robert Slessar 3821. Unit: 6th Field Company, Australian Engineers, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 August 1916 Killed in action at Pozieres Western Front
Died 27 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick Edward George Angell 5290/306854. Unit: 11 Platoon, "C" Company, 1st/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 27 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Gavin Hamilton 3363. Unit: "C" Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 August 1916, died of wounds, Somme, Western Front.
Died 27 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Pte Mason was reported wounded and missing on 27 August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Mackay 2707B. Unit: D Coy, 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1916
Died 28 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Herbert Gibbs 4433. Unit: 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 28 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman J W Townend 4512. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Death: 28 August 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 28 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frederick John Lawrie Johnstone MC. Unit: 2nd battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 29 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal William Gilbert Doherty 2147. Unit: 13th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 August 1916 to 30 August 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Douglas Boyd Carpenter. Unit: 89th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 29 August 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Eric Walter Tyrer. Unit: 15th Battalion, Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 29 August 1916 Western Front
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry (Henry) Scoble 18716. Unit: 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment.. Death: 29 August 1916 Wounded and missing Western Front
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John Woolleson 25100. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 29 August 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Thomas Perriam Arthur 3756. Unit: 24th Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 August 1916 Western Front
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Underhill was killed, aged 24, on 29 August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 29 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Benjamin Sydney Bent 3239. Unit: "C" Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 August 1916, Moquet Farm, Somme, Western Front.
Died 31 August 1916
Imperial War Museum