Wallace. Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

itschopper: Time to move on.

More
Hidden : 2/11/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works
Looking for a different adventure?

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:


Wallace Hartley. The sad story of a brave man from Colne - and bandmaster on the ill-fated Titanic in 1912...


Born in Colne, Lancashire in 1878, Wallace Hartley was giving solo violin performances by the age of 15 before going on to lead an orchestra in Bridlington. Pretty soon after that he took up a position with Cunard entertaining passengers on cruises across the Atlantic on such liners as the Mauretania and Lusitania. By the time he became bandmaster on the Titanic in 1912 he had made about 80 voyages.

It is reported that Wallace and the band played on as the Titanic sank. As it became apparent just how severe the catastrophe was to be they moved out to the boats and tried to calm the passengers by singing (and/or playing) hymns. Minutes later the entire band was washed away by a sudden wave as the Titanic made it's last plunge. A newspaper at the time reported, "the part played by the orchestra on board the Titanic in her last dreadful moments will rank among the noblest in the annals of heroism at sea."

Eventually (2 weeks after the disaster) Wallace's body was recovered by the the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, he was still wearing his bandsman's uniform of brown overcoat, green facings, black boots and green socks. Strapped to his body was his music box and in his pockets, amongst other things, was a gold fountain pen with his initials W.H.H. His body was transported back to Colne on the SS Arabic, packed in ice and embalmed. On May 18, 1912, the body of bandmaster Wallace Hartley was laid to rest in what one newspaper called "pageantry beyond belief."




In 1915 a statue of Wallace was erected just to the side of the Rectory on Albert Road. The area around the statue has recently been renovated.

The cache is a micro and a pencil is required

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp, abg gur Gvgnavp.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


Advertising with Us