Cuckfield Connections

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 08 May 1900 HOME FROM THE WAR, CAPTAIN SERGISON ENTHUSIASTICALLY GREETED AT HAYWARDS HEATH AND CUCKFIELD....

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 31 July 1917 GLIMPSES OF THE PAST : GLANCES AT THE PRESENT. (ALL RIGHTS Reserved]. WHY LETTICE BOLTED. Here...

Colour Sergeant George Waller earned his VC in India, and then returned home to become instructor for the Cuckfield volunteer battalion...

Brighton Gazette - Thursday 22 August 1861 CUCKFIELD. On Friday last, about 100 men and horses, including five officers of H.M.’s 18th...

In 1900 26th Middlesex (Cyclist) Volunteer Corps was 'the only unit in Britain devoted entirely to the development of cyclist tactics'....

Sussex author Thurston Hopkins in his book 'The Lure of Sussex', makes some observations about the Sergison Arms and Muster Green which...

From today’s vantage point, it’s hard to grasp the incredible scale and brutality of the First World War. It’s difficult to empathise...

CUCKFIELD SIGN GIVEN BY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE FRIDAY’S CEREMONY AT WHITEMAN’S GREEN Mid Sussex Times April 19th 1950 “So we arrive at the...

The MIDDY November 19, 1998 Heavy toll suffered by a village A memorial to the post office rifles A visit to Cuckfield churchyard will...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 August 1915 LIFE IN FRANCE CUCKFIELD SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCES. A young Cuckfieldian belonging to a unit...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 19 April 1892 THE BATTLE OF CUCKFIELD. Favoured with fine though cold weather this battle of the local...

This photograph from the Imperial War Museum shows Signal Section of the 2/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) who are...

Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 20 September 1928 MANOEUVRES PROGRESS. Great Attraction for the Holiday-makers. CUCKFIELD, Wednesday...

Captain John Pilfold lived in Cuckfield High Street in Marshalls from 1806 until 1813 when he moved to Lindfield. On arrival in the...

How the Canadians outfoxed the locals Canada made a massive contribution to the Allied war effort in the Second World War, which is often...

Here is more from Jim Twiner's account from an interview by the local WI. This further describes his years in the village during the...

In a meadow in the south of the village stands a memorial stone placed there to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Royal...

Ron Knight remembers… I can remember as a small child Saturday night being rather special. All through the summer the Cuckfield town band...

The 2nd Battalion of the 8th City of London Regiment Post Office Rifles were billeted in Cuckfield for six months between November 1914...

Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 28 January 1921 WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATED. — Churchmen and Free Churchmen flocked to the Parish Church...