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 Arthur Augustus Raymond. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 01 August 1915 Western Front
Died 1 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
The Base Camp, Cape Helles, Under Shell Fire, August 1915: The "SS River Clyde" is seen aground.
1 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant C. J. Baghot de la Bere. Unit: 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 1 August 1916.
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Gerald Learoyd Hammond Fisher. Unit: 1st/8th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment), attached to the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Death: 1 August 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Miss Ada M Bostock, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 01 August 1916to 31 August 1917 .
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Clifford Martin 3979. Unit: 9th Reinforcements, C Company, 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 01 August 1916, Western Front.
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Owen Ruben Comery 3070. Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 01 August 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Thomas William Whateley R/17169. Unit: A Company, 13th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 01 August 1916 Killed in Action near Albert Western Front
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Frank Douglas Sowerby Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Unit: 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, Special Reserve, attached to 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 01 August 1916 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Walter Small. Unit: 9th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 01 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 1 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Herbert Joseph. Unit: 17th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 01 August 1917 near Ypres, Western Front. He is buried at the Zantvoorde British cemetery.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Guy John Meredith Hardy. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 1 August 1917, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Leonard Davies Looker. Unit: 5th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 01 August 1917 Western Front
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant R H G Leveson-Gower. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 01 August 1917
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Charles Town T/205308. Unit: 8th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 01 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert George Sherry 235182. Unit: 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Death: 01 August 1917 Card lists as falling in action the same day as his brother, September 1917.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Wildgoose 201758. Unit: 5th Platoon, B Company, 8th/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 01 August 1917 Wounded and Missing in Action Western Front
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Richard N. Hamilton 43277. Unit: 10th Platoon, "C" Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 1 August 1917, missing in action east of Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Sherry 66344. Unit: 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 01 August 1917 Card lists as falling in action the same day as his brother, September 1917.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William Alexander Duncan S/18075. Unit: 6th Platoon, B Company, 8th and/or 10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 01 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Alexander Fleming. Unit: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 1 August 1917, missing in action, Western front.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant C D Thomson. Unit: Highland Light Infantry. Death: 01 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Steven Miller. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles. Death: 01 August 1917 MissingYpres Western Front
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Leonard Davies Looker. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to the 8th Battalion, the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 1 August 1917, missing, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Thomas Richard Henry Webb. Unit: 14th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 01 August 1917 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Thomas Dennistoun MM 30465. Unit: 10th Platoon, C Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 01 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front.
Died 1 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
A Captured German Machine-gun Nest In Front Of Villers-Bretonneux, August 1918
1 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
A Wrecked German Ammunition Limber : on the Villers-Bretonneux Road, August 1918
1 August 1918
Imperial War Museum