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                                  Leonard Mayall – a war time tragedy                                                      By                                             Colin Mayall                                                                   I never   met   my grandfather Lewis Mayall. He died months   after I was born . He was   one of   eight children   born to Edward Mayall and Sarah Chadwick . t There were four boys and four girls. The boys all served in the Army and fought in the First World War. This story is a bout Leonard born in Rastrick West Riding of Yorkshire on the 27   June 1888 . Rastrick was a   small   town famed    for its   brass band   shared   with neighbouring Brighouse . There   were   some   six mills in the town and in the 1901 Census we   find out just how   important   to the economy they were   . Edward Mayall my great grandfather aged 55   was working as a woollen card cleaner, Sarah his wife   aged 49 is not listed as   working and with