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).
Able Seaman William Davey Joy , Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Mine Sweeper Devonia
Died 13 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major Basil Kenrick Wing Bacon , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 13 December 1914
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Second Lieutenant Alexander Pirie , Gordon Highlanders
Died 13 December 1914
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Gunner John Fisher 280699, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 13 December 1915
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Private Harold Constantine Grubb 2239, British West Indies Regiment
Died 13 December 1915
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Private William Hoare G/4612, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 13 December 1915
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Second Lieutenant David Stuart Spence , Royal Field Artillery
Died 13 December 1915
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Lance Corporal Frederick George Coles 5559, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 13 December 1916
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Private Arthur Francis McGinley 27272, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 13 December 1916
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Private Charles Doble G/15672, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 13 December 1916
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Rifleman Francis James Lewington 11397, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 13 December 1916
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Staff Nurse Kate Rosina Sturt 2/ResS/101, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 13 December 1916
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Captain Herbert Mather Spoor , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 13 December 1917
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Chauffeuse Helen Maud Peel , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 13 December 1917
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Private Ernest Richard Brock 535256, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 13 December 1917
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Private George Evendon Cole 531394, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 13 December 1917
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Private George Henry Grant 4737, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 13 December 1917
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Private Charles George Clark TR/8/30584, Hampshire Regiment
Died 13 December 1918
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Private Thomas Henry Martin 34347, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 13 December 1918
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Private William Henry Walter 93240, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 13 December 1918
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Sapper Walter Edwin Pattenden 210724, Royal Engineers
Died 13 December 1918
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Trimmer William Joseph Ferguson TS 7543, Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pekin."
Died 13 December 1918
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Plumber. 1st. James Bendelow M622, HMS Queen Elizabeth
Died 13 December 1919
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Private Robert Atherton, M.M. 8519, Liverpool Regiment
Died 13 December 1919
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Gunner George Gibson Macaulay 167901, Royal Field Artillery
Died 13 December 1940
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Brigadier General Edmund John Phipps-Hornby VC , Royal Artillery Southern Command
Died 13 December 1947
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Corporal Rangi Te Kahutea Otene, M.M. 16/405, First Maori Pioneer Battalion New Zealand Contingent
Died 13 December 1952
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Company Sergeant-Major Harry Daniels VC 9665, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Died 13 December 1953
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Lance Corporal Joseph Ernest Savill 5999321, Essex Regiment
Died 13 December 1953
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Private Harold Coe 143412, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 13 December 1964
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Hilda Margaret Broadbent , Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)
Died 13 December 1965
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Private William Samuel Hamilton 71132, Corps of Hussars
Died 13 December 1971
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