About the Cache Location
Erected in 1922 the war memorial is a cenotaph shape of local
stone (from Bolton Woods quarry) flanked by two bronze figures of a
sailor and a soldier thrusting their rifles forward.
The sculptures originally included fixed bayonets which were
considered too agressive for a memorial and suffered vanadlism up
to the 1960's when the monument was cleaned and the bayonet blades
were removed.
The memorial was dedicated to the 37,000 locals who were killed
in the Great War 1914-1918, its dedication on the 6th aniversary of
the first day of the battle of the Somme (1st July 1922) was
attended by aproximately 40,000 people, (3,000 more than those
lost) filling the whole basin area outside Bradford City Hall.
The 'First Bradford Pals' of the West Yorkshire Regiment were
the first troops to advance over the top in the first hour of the
battle of the Somme, loosing 1770 of their 2000 men in that first
hour. Hence the title of the cache.
The Cache
The cache is a magnetic 35mm film canister wrapped in a green
"official Geocache" sticker.
If you have any relatives who served in the Great War by all
means commemorate them in your log entry. The cache is not meant as
a roll of honour, but their sacrifice is always worthy of
rememberence.
The cache is a bring your own pencil cache.
There is a small red-poppy geocoin for the first to find to pass
on.
The cache location has now been updated due to changes to the
area by the council.