1914- 1918: The Queens Hall converted into a temporary hospital
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 November 1914 THE QUEEN'S HALL AS A HOSPITAL. —Last week sixteen wounded Belgian soldiers were received at...
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Jul 28, 20203 min read
1928: Crowds see thrilling night battle in Cuckfield
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 05 September 1928 CROWDS SEE THRILLS OF NIGHT BATTLE. Thirty Hours’ Fighting. VALUABLE LESSONS FROM...
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Jun 25, 20203 min read
1917: War wounded treated at Haywards Heath Cottage Hospital
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 24 April 1917 The army authorities on Friday sent to the Haywards Heath Cottage Hospital 27 gallant fellows...
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Jun 14, 202014 min read
1900 - A War hero returns home to Haywards Heath and tells of his grim experience at Ladysmith
Charles Tucker writes: The photograph below was taken in May 1900 celebrating the arrival back home to Haywards Heath, of the injured...
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Jun 7, 20207 min read
Haywards Heath celebrates the Relief of Mafeking
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 22 May 1900 HAYWARDS HEATH. In common with every other English town Haywards Heath received the glad news of...
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Jun 4, 20203 min read
1919: Remembering local War casualties with a Memorial and a Recreation Ground ...
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 18 February 1919 CUCKFIELD’S MEMORIAL SCHEME Cuckfield last (Monday) night embarked on the provision of a...
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Jun 4, 20204 min read
1939 - Air Raid Precautions in Haywards Heath
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 February 1939 AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS IN HAYWARDS HEATH. Almost every form of destruction known in modern...
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May 29, 20206 min read
1916: Private JG Wynter, with the Army Ordnance in France, writes to a friend in Haywards Heath
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 25 April 1916 "OUR HALF-DAY PASS" IN FRANCE. CUCKFIELD SOLDIER'S LETTER TO HAYWARDS HEATH. Private J. G....
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May 22, 20207 min read
1918: Fete for wounded heroes at Victoria Park
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 18 June 1918 OUR WOUNDED HEROES' FETE AND ENTERTAINMENT AT HAYWARDS HEATH A PERFECT DAY. A stranger visiting...
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May 16, 20203 min read
Worst Rail Accident at Haywards Heath for generations
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 05 September 1945 RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT HAYWARDS HEATH. The worst railway accident in Mid-Sussex since...
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May 10, 20207 min read
A blind ex service man was guided by his wife up the mound to lay a laurel wreath...
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 02 December 1924 HAYWARDS HEATH WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILING BY LORD LECONFIELD. Of your charity and for your soul's...
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May 8, 20203 min read
Cuckfield Funeral for teenage casualty of the Great War
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 18 June 1918 IMPRESSIVE MILITARY FUNERAL AT CUCKFIELD. Day by day in Mid-Sussex the chord of human sympathy is...
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May 7, 20203 min read
VE Day Celebrations in Cuckfield and Brook Street
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 16 May 1945 GERMANY DEFEATED: THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN REJOICE CELEBRATIONS AND THANKSGIVING IN CUCKFIELD...
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May 7, 20207 min read
Haywards Heath VE Day celebrations
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 16 May 1945 THIS WAS OUR FINEST HOUR GERMANY DEFEATED: THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN REJOICE. CELEBRATIONS AND...
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Apr 14, 20203 min read
1914 Haywards Heath Man writes home about his experience of the horrors of War
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 3 November 1914 THE HORRORS OF WAR A HAYWARDS HEATH MAN’S EXPERIENCE Mr and Mrs H. A. Baker, of Milton Road,...
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Oct 15, 20187 min read
Celebrating the life of Cuckfield Boer War casualty Frank Bleach
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 02 April 1901 THE DEATH OF PRIVATE BLEACH. MEMORIAL SERVICE AT CUCKFIELD. CANON COOPER SUGGESTS THAT A TABLET...
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Oct 14, 20185 min read
A Cuckfield Private's progress in the Boer War: life and death in South Africa
Frank Bleach Private, 1st Battalion, Active Service Volunteer Company. died at the Hospital, Bloemfontein, of enteric fever, on 14th...
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Oct 13, 20182 min read
Back home in Cuckfield: Mr Herrington's Lantern Lecture for locals includes Frank Bleach image
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 30 October 1900 The War in South Africa : Lantern Lecture. —Men of all classes, rich and poor, filled the...
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Oct 12, 20183 min read
Boer War and Cuckfield: Enthusiastic send off for local man Frank Bleach
THE MID-SUSSEX TIMES—TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1900. Going to the Front; Private Bleach Entertained. Private Bleach, of “A” Company 2nd V.B....
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Oct 11, 20186 min read
War and Cuckfield: the town celebrates the Relief of Mafeking
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 22 May 1900 CUCKFIELD. The town of Cuckfield may be old-fashioned, and a casual passer-by might move in its...
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