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 B E Mays. Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Wounded Aug 1918 Western Front
Wounded August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major Claude L Penrose MC and Bar, MID and Bar. Unit: Commanding 245th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 01 August 1918 Western Front
Died 1 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arthur William Savours. Unit: 6th Battalion, attached to 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 02 August 1918 Killed at Sailly-le-Sac Western Front
Died 2 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Jones 254669. Unit: 2nd/4th Regiment, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 2 August 1918 Western Front.
Died 2 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant H M Hussey MC. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to 1st/6th Battalion, South staffordshire Regiment. Death: 06 August 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 6 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Company Sergeant Major Andrew Gordon Woodyard 5129. Unit: C Company, 29th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 August 1918 Died of wounds in France Western Front
Died 7 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Norman Howard A. Wetmore MID. Unit: 25th Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 August 1918 killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain William MacIlwraith Cameron. Unit: 26th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1918 Western Front. Son of Thomas and Margaret Cameron, of Glencoe St., Rockhampton, Queensland.
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Reginald Basil Hingston. Unit: 24th Battalion, 1st Quebec Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 August 1918, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward William Wylie 2010. Unit: 59th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Hector Norman Roberts McQuinn 249. Unit: Machine Gun Company, 5th and 15th Battalions, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 August 1918 Western Front
Died 9 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Henry Edgar Jekill. Unit: 29th Battalion (British Columbia Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 09 August 1918 Western Front.
Died 9 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Guthrie A Andrew 2857. Unit: C Company, 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (Lewis Machine Gunner). Death: 09 August 1918 Western Front
Died 9 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Norman C Wiles. Unit: A Company, 58th Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 August 1918 Wounded at Bullecourt 11 Mar 1917 killed in action Western Front
Died 9 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Colin Keith Lee Pyman DSO and Bar MID. Unit: 5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 10 August 1918 Western Front
Died 10 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Edward Chase 254353. Unit: Royal Engineers, attached to 21st Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery Signal Section. Death: 10 August 1918 Killed in action Western France
Died 10 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant James Murray Aitken MC. Unit: 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 10 August 1918 Western Front
Died 10 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major Thomas Duncan John (Ring) Ringwood. Unit: 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Death: 10 August 1918 Western Front
Died 10 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Edmund John Waldegrave. Unit: D Battery, 286th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 10 August 1918 Killed in Action killed outright by a bomb. Western Front
Died 10 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Matthew David Black. Unit: 11th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 10 August 1918 Amiens Western Front
Died 10 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Horatio Alfred Fane MC. Unit: 1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Death: 11 August 1918, Western Front.
Died 11 August 1918
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Signaller Harry Douglas Bennett McPaul 383. Unit: 17th Battalion, 5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 11 August 1918 Western Front
Died 11 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Sidney Ness 2960. Unit: 50th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 August 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 12 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major Leonard Vivien Drummond-Hay MC. Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Death: 14 August 1918 Western Front. Son of Mr. E. Drummond-Hay, of Kitscoty, Alberta, Canada.
Died 14 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles Frederick Pavitt MC. Unit: 18th Division Train, Army Service Corps. Death: 17 August 1918 Western Front
Died 17 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Douglas. Service numbers: 4718 and S/43121. Unit: Gordon Highlanders, attached to 15th Platoon, D Company, unknown battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: Not known. Date of discharge: 19 August 1918.
Died 19 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Charles Henry Frederick Thomas R/34186. Unit: Lewis Gunner, 17th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 19 August 1918 Western Front
Died 19 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Frank Alan Hicks MC. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 21 August 1918, killed in action near Courcelles, Western Front.
Died 21 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major Ronald Beaumont Wood MID. Unit: 12th (Prince of Waless Royal) Lancers, attached to 6th Battalion, Tank Corps. Death: 21 August 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 21 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Oliver B Capon. Unit: 15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Cheshire Bantams). Death: 21 August 1918 Died of wounds in France Western Front.
Died 21 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private R Seeley. Unit: Royal West Kent Regiment. Death: 21 August 1918 Killed in action near Albert Western Front
Died 21 August 1918
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Captain Bertie Christopher Butler Tower MC and bar, MID and two bars. Unit: Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 22 August 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 22 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Algernon Wynyard Peyton. Unit: Special Reserve, attached to 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 22 August 1918 Western Front
Died 22 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Sapper Richard Attwood Gouarne 72389. Unit: Signal Signal Service Training Centre (Bedford), Royal Engineers. Death: 22 August 1918, died of wounds, Leeds.
Died 22 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Peter Clement Layard. Unit: 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 23 August 1918, Gommecourt, Somme, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Brown MC 10951. Unit: 15th Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Death: 23 August 1918 Western Front
Died 23 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert H Roberts 1811. Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1918 Western Front
Died 23 August 1918
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Private Arthur Selwyn Shoobert 2184 DCM. Unit: D Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1918 Killed in action in France. Western Front
Died 23 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private James Alfred Gammidge 7744. Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1918, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter George Earl O/237. Unit: Signal Section, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 23 August 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 23 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arnold Ashton Justice Warner. Unit: 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 August 1918 Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arnold Ashton Justice Warner. Unit: 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 August 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Gilbert Edgar Adamson MC. Unit: C Company, 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 24 August 1918.
He received his commission on 5 March 1915, subsequently serving with C Company on the Western Front from July to August 1917 and again from Oc
Died 24 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Leonard Gustav Byng MC 2080. Unit: Inns of Court Officers Training Corps, attached to Royal West Kent Regiment and then to 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 August 1918 Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Donald Stuart Hicklenton. Unit: 86th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 24 August 1918, killed in action at Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, Western Front.
Died 24 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant G R T Marsh. Unit: Royal Flying Corps.. Death: 24 August 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Robert Mays 110755. Unit: 21 Squadron, Middlesex Yeomanry, attached Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). Death: 25 August 1918 Palestine
Died 25 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Joseph Harvey 17798. Unit: 2nd/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 26 August 1918, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 26 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Gerard Charles Brassey. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 27 August 1918 Western Front
Died 27 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major George Henry Musgrove DSO MID. Unit: 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Death: 28 August 1918 Western Front
Died 28 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward Richard Tate 48885. Unit: 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 29 August 1918 Died of wounds at 41st Clearing Station, near Albert, Western Front
Died 29 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private George Albert Streat 14812. Unit: 10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 August 1918 Western Front
Died 29 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Harold Victor Walters 36539. Unit: 25th Battery, 7th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 August 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 31 August 1918
Imperial War Museum