The memoirs of Ernest Styles (32)

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Title	The memoirs of Ernest Styles (32)
Author	Styles, Ernest
Notes	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.
Item date	1980
Creation place	Unknown
Item source	Leaf
Item medium	Paper
Content	Memoir
Page number	32
Total number of pages	49
Cataloguer	Admin
Filename	GWA_6605_office00504.jpg
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor name	Jean Styles

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Title	The memoirs of Ernest Styles
Author	Styles, Ernest
Notes	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.
Item date	1980
Creation place	Unknown
Item source	Leaf
Item medium	Paper
Content	Memoir
Total number of pages	49
Cataloguer	Admin
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor name	Jean Styles

“The memoirs of Ernest Styles,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6033.