In 1919, Hugh Stewart Gladstone wrote a book called Birds and the War, based on newspaper clippings he'd collected throughout the years of battle, and exploring how the period had impacted bird life. There are chapters on birds as messengers and crop protectors; on birds at the Western front; on migration in wartime; and on the impact of air raids and aircraft. The final chapter is titled "Ornithologists Killed in the War," and begins: "To give the roll of honour, even if it was possible, of all the British lovers of birds who fell in the War would occupy many pages, but a fairly complete list could probably be compiled from the columns of such publications as The Field, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, British Birds Magazine, The Zoologist, The Ibis, and Bird Notes and News. I propose, however, only to record the names of those who were particularly well known on account of their contributions to ornithology, and whose deaths, often in the prime of their lives and at the commencement of promising scientific careers, are therefore the more to be deplored." Gladstone's list also includes librarians and artists who worked in the field of ornithology. The book can be seen here: https://archive.org/details/birdswar00glad. This community aims to gather not just the names on Gladstone's list, but others who served in the war and were birders of one kind or another.
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