Original A1: It is with a sense of desolation that I archive this cache, only 19 months after it was published. GCUK notified me today that he found it trashed and emptied of its contents.
Although he patched it up and put a fresh log book and silica sachet inside, I feel that this has been a vandalism too far and want no association with people who have such little disregard of other people's creations, let alone a war memorial. The cache wasn't of course on the actual site of the memorial, but it was blatantly clear from the contents that it was a tribute to all the people who died that day in 1915. GCUK has read what I think of them and I'm afraid I can't publish that here.
Thank you to everyone who made the effort to find the cache, to pay their own respects, and I'm glad that the cache educated one or two about the actual horrible event. That was its intention. Because the log book was taken, I didn't get to read your comments made on the spot. Occasionally nowadays people do write more than just "TFTC" and there had been the opportunity in this case.
In pace requiescat. Perhaps fitting for this horrible year.