The memoirs of Ernest Styles
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Title
The memoirs of Ernest Styles
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Identifier
9490.cpd
Creator
Styles, Ernest
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Abstract
Ernest Stanley Styles was born in Coopersale Common, near Epping, in 1893. His family came from a long line of Brickmakers in that area dating back to the 1700's.
In 1912 the family moved to Coggeshall in Essex where they purchased a Brickmaking business. Ernest, his brother and his father worked together there until the start of the First World War.
Both Ernest and his brother, Thomas, joined the Essex Yeomanry and both survived the war without serious wounds. They both returned to the hand making business of making handcrafted bricks and tiles.
Ernest was persueded to write his memories of World War One in 1980. It is mazing how clear his memory was and how many names etc. he remembered. Ernest never dwelt on the horrors of seeing his comrades killed and injured, but the story he wrote highlights the wasted lived and damaged families that can result from war.
This was a man witha strong personality and a great sense of humour who was dearly missed when he died aged 91.
This is a scanned copy of a photocopy created from the original document.
In 1912 the family moved to Coggeshall in Essex where they purchased a Brickmaking business. Ernest, his brother and his father worked together there until the start of the First World War.
Both Ernest and his brother, Thomas, joined the Essex Yeomanry and both survived the war without serious wounds. They both returned to the hand making business of making handcrafted bricks and tiles.
Ernest was persueded to write his memories of World War One in 1980. It is mazing how clear his memory was and how many names etc. he remembered. Ernest never dwelt on the horrors of seeing his comrades killed and injured, but the story he wrote highlights the wasted lived and damaged families that can result from war.
This was a man witha strong personality and a great sense of humour who was dearly missed when he died aged 91.
This is a scanned copy of a photocopy created from the original document.
Date
1980
Date Created
1980-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1980-12-31
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Type
Memoir
number of pages
49
Contributor
Admin
Jean Styles
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford