Cuckfield Connections

A senior non-commissioned officer, Frank Lloyd, was one of 53 men left behind to man the Fort 'Abraham Lincoln' at the time of the Battle...

Sussex Agricultural Express - Saturday 06 January 1900 CAPTAIN SERGISON AT THE FRONT Letters have been received from Captain Sergison, of...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 December 1915 BEST-FED & BEST-CLOTHED ARMY IN THE WORLD. A CHEERY LETTER TO CUCKFIELD. GERMANS SHOUT TO OUR...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 27 October 1914 THE CUCKFIELD HOME FOR BELGIAN REFUGEES. To the Editor of THE MID SUSSEX TIMES. Sir - I...

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...