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    1915: Chilling message from a Post Office Rifleman in France to Cuckfield friend
    • May 12
    • 1 min

    1915: Chilling message from a Post Office Rifleman in France to Cuckfield friend

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 July 1915 A POST OFFICE RIFLEMAN, writing from France to a friend in Cuckfield, says the battalion has seen...
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    1915: Grim update from 'Somewhere in France'...
    • May 4
    • 2 min

    1915: Grim update from 'Somewhere in France'...

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 July 1915 FROM “SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE” Rifleman Frank Rowland, of the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade, son of Mr....
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    1944: Award for Cuckfield flying hero
    • Apr 22
    • 1 min

    1944: Award for Cuckfield flying hero

    Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 01 November 1944 D.F.C. FOR F/O COBB. COURAGE OF A CUCKFIELD MAN Twenty-two year old Flying Officer Henry...
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    1892 Easter: Undress and whistles required
    • Apr 9
    • 1 min

    1892 Easter: Undress and whistles required

    On Thursday evening a drill of tbe 'A' and 'B' (Cuckfield) Companies of Volunteers of the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment took place...
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    1915: Local Teenager killed in torpedo sinking of HMS Formidable
    • Mar 21
    • 1 min

    1915: Local Teenager killed in torpedo sinking of HMS Formidable

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 09 March 1915 THE CHURCH SCHOOLS. —A temporary Roll of Honour sheet has been bought by the boys of the above...
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    1943: Baby delivery diverted to Chownes Mead
    • Mar 20
    • 2 min

    1943: Baby delivery diverted to Chownes Mead

    I was browsing through the web pages of Barry Ray’s excellent Slaugham Archive website and I came across the page on Chownes Mead which...
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    The man who named 'The Lord Woolton Pie'
    • Mar 18
    • 3 min

    The man who named 'The Lord Woolton Pie'

    Chownes Mead, Cuckfield, for a time, was the home of Lord Woolton, the man credited with ‘keeping the nation fed’ throughout World War...
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    Canadian view of the hospital takeover
    • Mar 14
    • 7 min

    Canadian view of the hospital takeover

    Here is the inside account of Cuckfield Hospital after it was taken over by the Canadian army in 1942. Gordon Muggeridge memories were...
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    1928: The 'War' in Cuckfield ends ...
    • Feb 28
    • 3 min

    1928: The 'War' in Cuckfield ends ...

    Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 21 September 1928 END OF MIMIC WAR. Clever Tactics in Final Battle. CUCKFIELD, Thursday Sussex is no...
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    1860-1911: Workhouse to Warrior (3 of 3)
    • Feb 26
    • 2 min

    1860-1911: Workhouse to Warrior (3 of 3)

    In the final part of three instalments we read about what Richard Chatfield did after he left the army and how how he retired to Ansty....
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    1837: Workhouse to Warrior (2 of 3)
    • Feb 25
    • 6 min

    1837: Workhouse to Warrior (2 of 3)

    In the first instalment we learned how a young Richard Chatfield worked at the Talbot Inn as an ostler. Now we read how he joined the...
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    c1830: Workhouse to Warrior (1 of 3)
    • Feb 24
    • 3 min

    c1830: Workhouse to Warrior (1 of 3)

    Old Sergeant's Memories In a quiet Sussex village a gallant old hero is spending the remainder of his days in such peace as rheumatism...
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    1913: A bogus parson and officer
    • Feb 8
    • 3 min

    1913: A bogus parson and officer

    Astounding details were given at Whitehill (Hants) of the career of P. Seymour Kelly, 21, who was charged with obtaining food and lodging...
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    1915: Cuckfield and Haywards Heath soldiers witness Zeppelin Raid in Norfolk
    • Jan 30
    • 2 min

    1915: Cuckfield and Haywards Heath soldiers witness Zeppelin Raid in Norfolk

    West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 28 January 1915 CUCKFIELD. The 6th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment is stationed along the...
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    1915: A few lines from the front
    • Jan 18
    • 2 min

    1915: A few lines from the front

    Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 26 November 1915 SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCES.- Through the kindness Mrs. Bourne, Beeching's Farm, we are...
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    1945: Cuckfield Urban Bombing but no fatalities
    • Jan 15
    • 2 min

    1945: Cuckfield Urban Bombing but no fatalities

    In the Cuckfield Urban District, which comprises Haywards Heath, Cuckfield and Lindfield, 13 high explosive bombs and three groups of...
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    1915: Christmas Eve in the trenches
    • Dec 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    1915: Christmas Eve in the trenches

    Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 24 December 1915 HOW THE CUCKFIELD BOYS ARE GETTING ON —Writing to Mr. Hayden of Haywards Heath,...
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    1864: Soldier in a fix after a 'lost' evening
    • Dec 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    1864: Soldier in a fix after a 'lost' evening

    Sussex Advertiser - Wednesday 30 March 1864 A soldier in a fix. Cuckfield Court —A discharged private of the 43rd Light Infantry,...
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    1954: The V1 in hindsight
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    1954: The V1 in hindsight

    The codeword signified an attack by pilotless aircraft. Th« vanguard of the long-expactad robot armada had been sighted. That first V1...
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    1938: Air Raid Precautions
    • Dec 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    1938: Air Raid Precautions

    by Mr OF Brown ARP Organiser for Cuckfield RDC Unless we are prepared to make some sacrifice to defend this freedom which we so enjoy...
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