The memoirs of Ernest Styles (23)

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.

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欧内斯特·斯坦利·斯泰尔斯（Ernest Stanley Styles）于1893年出生在埃平附近的库珀萨尔公地。其家族在该地区从事制砖业的历史可追溯至18世纪，绵延数代。

1912年，全家迁居至埃塞克斯郡的科格斯霍尔，并在此购置了一家制砖企业。欧内斯特与其兄长、父亲一同在该厂劳作，直至第一次世界大战爆发。

欧内斯特与其兄长托马斯均加入了埃塞克斯义勇骑兵团，二人皆安然度过战争，未受重伤。战后二人重返手工制砖制瓦的行当。

1980年，欧内斯特受劝撰写了自己的一战回忆录。令人惊叹的是，他的记忆依旧清晰，能够忆起诸多细节与姓名。他从未过多提及目睹战友阵亡、负伤的可怖场景，但其撰写的回忆录却着重展现了战争所造成的生命消逝与家庭破碎。

欧内斯特个性鲜明，极具幽默感，91岁辞世后，人们深切怀念他。

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