Bentley village is located just off the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, being about five miles southwest of Farnham and six miles northeast of Alton, Winchester is 22 miles and London 42 miles. The founder of the Scout Movement, Robert Baden-Powell, lived in Bentley at Pax Hill from 1918 to 1938. During World War 2 Pax Hill was occupied by Canadian military troops. After the war it was given to the Girl Guides Association and used as a centre for members from the Commonwealth of Nations. It is currently a nursing and residential home but still retains links to the scouting movement playing host to Hampshire Scouts Jamboree. Harold Sanderson, the owner of the White Star Line, learned of the sinking of the Titanic whilst at his home Jenkyn Place in Bentley. Bentley was the location of a Radio 4 and ITV Docu-Drama from the 1990s called The Village, which focused on local residents and their daily lives. This cache is the first of a small series of different types of cache in Bentley where we spent 12 years in the 1980’s/90’s, living and working and being a part of the village school community.
This first cache is a one stage multi, the information needed for the final stage can be found at the above co-ordinates at the Bentley Book to the left of the Hall.
To locate the cache find the answer to the following on the Bentley Book:-
How many villagers failed to return after WW1 - AB
The year the Memorial Hall was built to remember the men from Bentley who died in WW1 - CDEF
Then on the Memorial find the following:-
Pte Alfred Dewey, G Queen's RWS Regt.
Pte Thomas Dubber H Queen's RWS Regt.
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N51 CC.(G-A)F(G+F) W000 (F+E)(B-A). (E*B)A(B+G-D)
It is a short walk to the location, you are looking for a nano and will need to bring your own pen and a pair of tweezers may be useful.
If you would like to expand the Village Hall Series by placing a cache of your own please do so, but please contact GeoJaxx first to request a number and to add the cache to the bookmark list. http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=0d27d65c-a189-4b7f-b763-9804ee5145a7&wid=ce601b5c-3ba5-45e6-b61e-2473295294c5&ds=2"