Posts

Showing posts from February, 2021
Image
                        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 B...