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Lest We Forget...Bilsborrow Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/4/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Multi cache, info from the war memorial in Bilsborrow Village at the posted co-ordinates.



To calculate the co-ords for the final you'll need to visit the memorial and look for the information on the plaques remembering the fallen.
All the information can be gathered from the green metal plaques on the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 stones on the left and right of the memorial.


Assume N53° AB.CDE W002° FG.HIJ

A, Harold WAREING ( Battalion/Regiment )
B, Ernest Howard MOULDEN ( Battalion/Regiment )
C, Robert COOKSON ( Battalion/Regiment , 2nd numeral )
D, Edgar Joseph Austin ( letters in Surname )
E, Percy BROWN ( Battalion/Regiment )

F, Frank ECCLES ( Battalion/Regiment )
G, Walter ( letters in Surname )
H, Number of first names of Mr CARR minus number first names of Mr SIMPSON
I, Number of Johns minus number of Williams
J, William WALLBANK( Battalion/Regiment )


Checksum =24

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gerr Jrfg fvqr. Ghpxrq oruvaq. Svany fubhyq or nccebk 400z njnl ( nf gur pebj syvrf )

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)