Private 203510 William Ewart STYLES

Private 203510 William Ewart STYLES - 2nd/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in Action on Thursday March 21st, 1918 aged 32

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Pozieres Memorial

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
After March 1917	~	Tysoe & Compton Wyngates

Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Battle of St. Quentin	March 1917 at Kineton

Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
near Attilly	~

William is listed as being killed on 21 Mar 1918 which was the first day of the German Spring Offensive. The war diary describes the day thus:

5.00am - Orders received by battalion billetted at Germaine to man Battle Stations
6.00am - Ordered to move to assembly position at Attilly Huts
7.15am - Began march to Attilly
9.15am - Battalion assembled as the Counter Attack battalion at Attilly Huts. Heavy shelling and gas shelling encountered en route. Approximate casualties 22. Shelling of area around Attilly very heavy. Battalion disposed in various trenches. Heavy mist, still.
11.00am - Battalion disposed W of St. Quentin Wood. Shelling fairly heavy but few casualties. Instructions issued verbally by 182nd Inf. Bde. to Major Waterworth for counter attack if required
5.00pm - Arranged with 182nd Inf. Bde for the move of the battalion to M.D.J. Dugouts to avoid casualties from shelling
8.00pm - Battalion in M.D.J.
11.30pm - Lieut Whitfield from 182nd Inf. Bde with verbal instructions re the battalion assembling for counter attack south of Holnon Wood. Explained that the operation was not possible. Approximate casualties Officers 2 and O.R. 20 including William.

Personal & Family History