Category Archives: Longshot Contents

Longshot Vol 11, No. 1

Linfield and Lindfield Wills and Administrations (1858-1943) Part 5: 1932-1937, by Malcolm Linfield
Peeps into the Past …
From the Parish Registers …
Letters Page
Memories of ‘Auntie’ Katie Linfield, by Roger Partridge
Portrait Gallery (1)
Portrait Gallery (2)
The Abominable Mrs Spencer Linfield – a Victorian Horror Story? by Malcolm Linfield
Ipswich Borough Record Extracts Part IV: 1661-64, by Ian Anderson

Front Cover: The 1848 Military General Service Medal awarded to Private Henry Lindfield of the Royal Staff Corps for service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1814. See Letters Page.

Longshot Vol 10, No. 2

Linfield and Lindfield Wills and Administrations (1858-1943) Part 4: 1921-1931, by Malcolm Linfield
Peeps into the Past (2) …
Gilbert Lindfield, MP for Ipswich 1674-79, by Ian Anderson
Letters Page
Ipswich Borough Record Extracts Part III: 1625- 1661, by Ian Anderson
Private Harold Frank Linfield of the Royal Sussex Regiment, by Malcolm Linfield
Portrait Gallery, by Malcolm Linfield
Parish Record Snippets, by Ian Anderson

Front Cover: Wilfred Albert Linfield (1897-1979) as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914.

Longshot Vol 10, No. 1

The Linfields of Coolhurst – an Update, by Malcolm Linfield
Linfield and Lindfield Wills and Administrations (1858-1943) Part 3: 1904-1920, by Alan Lindfield
Letters Page
Ipswich Borough Record Extracts Pt II (1559–1624), by Ian Anderson
Memorials to the Dead of the First World War, by Malcolm Linfield
Minutes of Annual General Meeting, June 1st 2002.
Portrait Gallery, by Malcolm Linfield

Front Cover: the Memorial Scroll issued to commemorate the life of Private Harold Frank Linfield of the Royal Sussex Regiment. See article on page 27.

Longshot Vol 9, No. 2

Eric Linfield – an Appreciation, by Malcolm Linfield
A Tribute to Eric’s Life in Education, by Don Bourne
Linfield and Lindfield Wills and Administrations (1858-1943) Part 2: 1877-1903, by Alan Lindfield
Out for the Count, by Alan Lindfield
Ipswich Borough Record Extracts, Part 1, by Ian Anderson
A Coat of Arms for the Suffolk Lin(d)fields, by Ian Anderson
The Linfields of Lyndhurst Road, Worthing by Malcolm Linfield

Front Cover: the Arms of the Lin(d)fields of Suffolk, as drawn by Ian Anderson. The proper colour of the heraldic shield is gold (Or). See article by Ian on page 64.

Longshot Vol 9, No. 1

Retained Fire Service Experiences, by John Linfield
How Rare is our Surname? by Alan Lindfield
The Linfields of Coolhurst, by Malcolm Linfield
Portrait Gallery, by Malcolm Linfield
Linfield and Lindfield Wills and Administrations (1858-1943) Part 1: 1858-76 by Alan Lindfield

Front Cover: Anne Linfield (nee Caesar) 1822-95, wife of William Linfield of Worthing. They were married in Brighton in 1850. Their youngest son was Frederick Caesar Linfield (see article p. 34).

Longshot Vol 8, No. 2

Editorial
Out of an Evil may come Good, by Malcolm Linfield
Mary Offer Discovers – but too late! by Mary Offer
Some ideas for future researches, by Eric Linfield
Photographs – Precious Records of the Past, by Malcolm Linfield
Jack Linfield, Storrington Cricketer, by Malcolm Linfield
10th Anniversary Reunion and Exhibition, by Alan Lindfield
A Matter of Convenience?
Some Lin(d)field Miscellanies: 3, by Malcolm Linfield
Signing off …
LONGSHOT

Front Cover: Family portrait c.1895 showing Arthur Linfield (1859-1938), Fruit Grower of Worthing and his wife Edith (1862-1953) with their children.
L to R: Mary (1884-1978), Arthur jun. (1885-1974), William (1891-1959) seated at front, Gordon (1889-1975), Harold (1893-1915) and Alice (1887-1962). Their final child would follow in 1897: Wilfred (1897-1979).

Longshot Vol 8, No. 1

The Storrington Linfields, by Richard Beaton
Lin(d)field Businesses & Occupations – a brief survey, by Malcolm Linfield
Thoughts from a Not-so-Distant Land, by Nick Linfield
An Up-date on my Family History Researches, by Eric Linfield
Storrington and District Museum, by Malcolm Linfield
It’s all in the Genes! by Malcolm Linfield
Some Early Memories, by Mary Offer
Some Lin(d)field Miscellanies: 2, by Malcolm Linfield

Front Cover: Israel Charles John Avery of the Royal Fusiliers – with his favourite pony Greybird, he takes his father with him to say goodbye to his
friends before embarkation to France, 1916. (See article by Mary Offer on p. 35).

Longshot Vol 7, No. 2

The LONG Library, by Alan G Lindfield
A Visit to the Somme, by Alan M Linfield
What’s in a Date?, by Alan G Lindfield
The First Millennium Bug
In Memory of Henry Lindfield – First Victim of the Motor Car, by Malcolm Linfield
The 1901 Census, by Alan Lindfield
The Data Protection Act, by Alan Lindfield
How I became my own Grandpa

Front Cover: The Memorial at Thiepval, France, to soldiers who died in the battles of the Somme and Ancre and who have no known grave. See article on page 54.