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 George Masterman Thompson Croix de Guerre with Palms (France).. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 22 August 1914 Killed in action West Africa
Died 22 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Vincent Waterfall. Unit: 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 5th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 22 August 1914 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 22 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Philip Baldock. Unit: 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, 11th Division. Death: 22 August 1915 Chocolate Hill Dardanelles
Died 22 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Clarence Ernest Wand-Tetley MID. Unit: 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 22 August 1915 Missing in Action at Suvla Bay Gallipoli
Died 22 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Thomas Adair. Unit: 10th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 22 August 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 22 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Roger Francis Draper. Unit: 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, attached to 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Death: 22 August 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 22 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph Benjamin Harold Walden 669. Unit: 16th or 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 August 1915 Killed in Action Gallipoli
Died 22 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Nelson Alfred Foard 1946. Unit: 13th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 August 1915, Herring's Post, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 22 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Sydney Arnold Harrington 50. Unit: 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 August 1915, killed in action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Died 22 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Reginald Burrows 2118. Unit: 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry, 6th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 August 1915 Dardanelle
Died 22 August 1915
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
Captain John Everard Digby Neale of the 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, attached to the Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in a flying accident at Hounslow on 22 August 1917. He is buried at Welford Road cemetery in Leicester.
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Major W J Marriage. Unit: 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, Life Guards. Death: 22 August 1917 Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal A Napier, 40100, was reported missing on 22 August 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial.
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Dan Lourie 43158. Unit: A Company, 3 Platoon, 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Ernest James Cottell 25496. Unit: 4th Platoon, A Company, 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Malcolm McKechnie 275679. Unit: 14th Platoon, D Company, 11th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 22 August 1917 Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal William Edward Clarke 612662. Unit: 15th Platoon, D Company, 1st/19th Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing in action
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Alexander Finnie S/18814. Unit: 9th Platoon, "C" Company, 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 22 August 1917, Western Front.
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Alexander Ramsey Paton 204926. Unit: 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scotts Fusiliers. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest Dale 235115. Unit: 1st Platoon, A Company, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing in action at Ypres Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick John White 266880. Unit: 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry David Dean S/10870. Unit: 7th Platoon, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Howard Stanley May 200931. Unit: 2nd Platoon, A Company, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Henry Lindsay 203117. Unit: D Company, 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John MacGregor S/6887. Unit: 16th Platoon, D Company, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Park Oak 285162. Unit: A Company, 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 22 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Illingworth 201574. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 22 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 22 August 1917
Imperial War Museum