GC66WFJ Happy New Year - Bodmin Beacon (Event Cache) in South West England, United Kingdom created by ynysva

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ynysva: Thanks to all whom attended and made this event worthwhile :)

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Hidden : Thursday, December 31, 2015

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Happy New Year - Bodmin Beacon

EVENT INFORMATION: It is always difficult to know what to do on New Years Eve, whether to stay at home or share the evening with friends. Everyone has a different idea; but after the success of the events we have held over the last three years at Roughtor, Helman Tor and Castle-an-Dinas we offer an event which just might appeal to you. The event is designed for anyone who wishes to come along, to see in 2016 in an unusual way. We therefore invite you to come along, and join us for a hot chocolate between 2300 and 2330 hours, before we move up to the monument to see in the New Year with a little champayne, before moving back down to the car park for more hot chocolate and a hot dog
GC66WFJ Happy New Year	LOCATION INFORMATION: Bodmin Beacon is a monumnent to Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, the third son of the Revd Edmund Gilbert (d. 1816), vicar of Constantine and rector of Helland, Cornwall, and his wife, the daughter of Henry Garnett of Bristol. Like Sir Humphrey Gilbert, he was a member of the Devon family of Gilbert of Compton and he was named after Sir Humphrey's stepbrother Sir Walter Raleigh. He gained a cadetship in the Bengal Infantry in 1800, and in September the following year was posted to the 15th Bengal Native Infantry (commanded by Colonel John Macdonald) as ensign. Arriving in India in October 1801, he then became lieutenant on 12 September 1803 and captain on 16 April 1810. Participating in the defeat of Perron's brigades at Koil, Aligarh, the battles of Delhi, Laswari and the storming of Agra. He also attracted the attention of Lord Lake by his participation in the four unsuccessful attacks on Bharatpur. In 1814, in Calcutta, he married Isabella Rose Ross, the daughter of Thomas Ross, a major in the Royal Artillery - the marriage produced Sir Francis Hastings Gilbert in 1816 (later British consul at Scutari), Geraldine Adelaide (b. 1817 in Bodmin). Next he was successively barrack-master and cantonment magistrate at Cawnpore, commandant of the Calcutta native militia, and commandant of the Ramgarh[disambiguation needed] local battalion. Promoted to major on 12 November 1820, he then became lieutenant-colonel of the newly formed 39th Bengal native infantry in 1824, colonel of the 35th native infantry and of the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers in 1832, major-general in June 1838 and finally lieutenant-general in November 1851. During the First Anglo-Sikh War he commanded a division of Sir Hugh Gough's army at the battles of Mudki and Ferozeshahr (December 1845), and at Sobraon (10 February 1846) - Gough mentioned him favourably in his dispatches. He was made a KCB in April 1846 and again commanded a division under Gough in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, at the 1849 battles of Chilianwala and Gujrat before leading his division (which included Robert Napier) across the Jhelum River to pursue the remnants of the Sikh army and receiving their surrender on 3 and 6 March. He next pursued the Sikhs' Afghan allies right up to the Khyber Pass, and in reward was appointed GCB in June 1849 and a baronet in 1850. Becoming known as a sportsman as well as a soldier in India, on his death a memorial obelisk was erected on the Bodmin Beacon, though his baronetcy became extinct on his son Francis's death. The whole site is a nature reserve run jointly by Bodmin Town Council and Cornwall Council.
Cache Information	JOINING INFORMATION: We need to ensure that safety is paramount for this event. there are adequate and appropriately marked paths that lead to this monument from the car parking area. We highly recommend that you notify someone that you are attending, and bring a torch, mobile phone and waterproof clothing and suitable footwear with you. As the event starts at 2345 hours, we will meet in in the car park from 2300 hours, which will effectively create 'safety in numbers' to walk up at about 2330 hours. On site numbers are 07970 740268/9.