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).
Private William Henry James Mahon 3/11015, South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Pearce 7409, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William John Newman 9351, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William John Perkin 7215, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant Edmund Wilkinson , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alan Randall Aufrere Leggett , North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Arnold Septimus Guy Jarvis. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur Knight Nicholson. Unit: B Squadron, 18th Hussars. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Hopkins Stanley , East Lancashire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Hopkins Stanley. Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action near Ploegsteert. Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Osborne Powell , Dragoon Guards
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold Osborne Powell. Unit: Special Reserve, C Squadron, 4th Dragoon Guards, Royal Irish. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Hon Piers Stewart St Aubyn , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John Agar Paterson. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Philip Walter Rudolph Doll , King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Reginald William Fletcher , Royal Field Artillery
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Roger Henry Schunck , Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant William Reynolds 7888. Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 31 October 1914
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant James Harling Lowe 8159, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant William John Dwane 8209, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
2nd Corporal John C Sidebottom 2101, Royal Engineers
Died 31 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Fireman Keith Ayles , Mercantile Marine Reserve - HM Yacht Aries
Died 31 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Nurse Gertrude L Roskell, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty in Alexandria 31 October 1915.
Died 31 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Gertrude Lucinda Roskell 5540, Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 31 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Noble R12899, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 31 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Percy Robert Herbert, Viscount Clive , Welsh Guards
Died 31 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles Robert Peel Corbin , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 31 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Andrew Mackie Maclean 477560, Royal Canadian Regiment
Died 31 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Westley Wentworth Currie 4764. Unit: 59th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 October 1916 Killed in action while acting as a stretcher bearer Western Front
Died 31 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Qualität von Brot - Kundmachung - Lemberg - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
31 October 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Second Lieutenant William John Angus. Unit: Royal Scots Fusiliers, attached to "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 31 October 1916, missing, ‘Hazy Trench', Le Transloy, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Mem
Died 31 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Temporary Second Lieutenant William Hilbert Charles Strange , Royal Irish Rifles
Died 31 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
A Balloon Ascending, Gaza : one of the 'sausages' going up to spot for the guns of the monitors
31 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
31 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
31 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
31 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Beaufoy Randall , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 31 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John William Turnbull 15402, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 31 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Joseph Haydn Nicholas 531153, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 31 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Wellesley Jarvis 43641, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 31 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner John Mussenden 1152, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 31 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Edward Hulford 530715, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 31 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Alaric Pinder Boor , Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry attached Royal Flying Corps
Died 31 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Hedley Bruce New of the 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He was attached to No 3 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was recorded as missing on 31 October 1917 aged 24. He is commemorated at the Arras Flying Service Memorial.
Died 31 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Mademoiselle Dumont, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 621 X
31 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Dumont, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 624 X
31 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine