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 Leslie Leitch Bradley 4144. Unit: 13th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 05 May 1916 France Western Front
Died 5 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George William Flatman 855. Unit: 5th Company, 19th Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 6 May 1916, Western Front.
Died 6 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Francis Leofric Armstrong MID. Unit: 15th Battalion (Queensland), Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 10 May 1916 Killed in action Quinn's Post Dardanelles
Died 10 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Major Hugh Ferdinand Mansfield Worthington-Wilmer. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 12 May 1916 Killed in Action near Vermelles Western Front
Died 12 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Major Hugh Ferdinand Mansfield Worthington-Wilmer. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 12 May 1916 Killed in Action near Vermelles Western Front
Died 12 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Leonard Renshaw. Unit: 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 13 May 1916
Died 13 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William George Teacher. Unit: DCompany, 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 14 May 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 14 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Lionel St. George Mordaunt-Smith. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 15 May 1916 At Festubert Western Front
Died 15 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Kenneth William Glenny Meakin. Unit: 1/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment). Death: 16 May 1916 Western Front
Died 16 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John L Stewart-Richardson. Unit: Wellingtons Mounted Rifles Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 17 May 1916 See Remarks Column
Died 17 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Henry Grove Morton Mansel-Pleydell MC. Unit: 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1916 Western Front
Died 17 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Francis Thomas Hooks 3505. Unit: 24th Battalion, attached to the 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1916, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 17 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain A Mitchell MC. Unit: No. 4 Machine Gun Company, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 May 1916 Western Front
Died 18 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Reginald Cumberland Green. Unit: 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 18 May 1916, Arras, Western Front.
Died 18 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Colonel William Renwick Marshall DSO MID. Unit: 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 19 May 1916 Western Front
Died 19 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private G D F Rogers 3004. Unit: B Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 19 May 1916 Missing 16 May 1916 Western Front
Died 19 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Garfield Alan Mitchell 806. Unit: D Company, 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Australian Division. Death: 19 May 1916 Western Front
Died 19 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Bernard Scott. Unit: 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of WalesOwn Civil Service Rifles). Death: 21 May 1916 Missing at Vimy Ridge Western Front
Died 21 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Noel Francis Coakeley 3085. Unit: 7th Platoon, B Company, 1st/15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles). Death: 21 May 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 21 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Neville L Ames. Unit: 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Death: 21 May 1916 Vimy Ridge, north of Arras Western Front
Died 21 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Hobart Brooks Farquhar. Unit: 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles). Death: 22 May 1916, missing at Vimy Ridge, Western Front.
Died 22 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Sergeant Archibald John Andrews 1189/530016. Unit: B Company, 1st/15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles). Death: 22 May 1916 Vimy Ridge Western Front
Died 22 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Fred Slater 3646/371441. Unit: 1st/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Death: 22 May 1916 Missing
Died 22 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman William Matthew Spencer 4037/591776. Unit: 4th Platoon, 1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Death: 22 May 1916 Missing
Died 22 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Conway Bennett Thompson. Unit: 14th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 May 1916 United Kingdom
Died 23 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal van Tromp, son of the Mayor of Taunton, Somerset, was killed in action, aged 34, at Vimy on 23 May 1916. This photograph was taken on his last day in England before leaving for the Western Front. He was killed six days later. Lance Corpo
Died 23 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Peter Fotheringhame 2135. Unit: 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 May 1916, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 26 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Meldrum Boyd Dobie. Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 May 1916 Died of wounds after being captured by the Germans near Fleurbaix Western Front.
Died 28 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private E Maffuniades 466 DCM. Unit: 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 28 May 1916 Western Front
Died 28 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private P J Tomsett M2/047054. Unit: 1st Auxiliary Omnibus Company, Army Service Corps. Death: 28 May 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 28 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Christopher Craven Barnes. Unit: 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 29 May 1916
Died 29 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Able Seaman Andrew ? Potts 228087. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Defence. Death: 31 May 1916 Lost at Battle of Jutland North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Acting Leading Stoker William Richard Charles Wiseman K/8075. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Fawn and HMS Invincible. Death: 31 May 1916 Killed in Action during the Battle of Jutland when the “Invincible†was sunk by enemy gunfire. Home Waters, North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Blacksmith Thomas Aubert Duffey 343400. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916 Missing in action when the Battle Cruiser Queen Mary was blown up during the Battle of Jutland North Sea.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal George McKnockiter 455 MM. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 May 1916 En route to Australia wounded Gallipoli
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Leading Stoker Ralph ? Potts K/6070. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916 Lost at Battle of Jutland North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Alexander Douglas Peel Hamilton. Unit: Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Defence. Death: 31 May 1916 Killed in action North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Alexander Douglas Peel Hamilton. Unit: Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Defence. Death: 31 May 1916, killed in action at the Battle of Jutland when his ship HMS Defence was blown up, North Sea. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Henry George Stobart Laing. Unit: Royal Navy – HMS Indefatigable. Death: 31 May 1916 At Battle of Jutland North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Victor Alexander Ewart. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick Rae McPhie 3239. Unit: A Company, 27th Battalion, 7th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 May 1916 Western Front
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Arthur L Blackburn 1658. Unit: 8th Battalion, City of London (Post Office Rifles). Death: 31 May 1916 Zouave Valley near Souchez Western Front
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Senior Midshipman Percy Arthur Wells Wait. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916, killed in action at the Battle of Jutland when the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary was destroyed by enemy fire, North Sea.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum