A simple multi cache to take you to a wonderful memorial of a brave man.
Captain Frederick William Hunt, 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)
Frederick William Hunt was born on the 22nd December 1880 son of the Reverend William Cornish Hunt and Jane Elizabeth Hunt. The family came from Odell, Bedforshire but moved to Feering in 1898 and lived at the Warrens. Frederick went to Marlborough College from May 1894 until Christmas 1897.
In February 1899 Frederick was commissioned to the 4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant, Warley Depot.
Commissioned into the Leicestershire regiment from the Essex Regiment on the 18th April 1900 and advanced to Lieutenant on the 18th June 1901.
Frederick was then transferred to the Indian Army on the 10th April 1903 and appointed Squadron Leader of the 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) on the 18th April 1904.
He then went on to be employed by the King's African Rifles in Somaliland from April 1907 until October 1911, where he advanced to Captain on the 18th April 1999.
Captain Hunt was one of the Original 55 intelligencers with the British Expeditionary Force sent to France at the Beginning of the Great War.
He was wounded at the Battle of Mons, Belgium on the 22nd August 1914 with a bullet through his Jaw but back at the front line on the 17th September 1914.
He was gazetted as a staff officer, but soon resigned as he thought the job was "too soft" and wanted to be on the fighting line.
Cpt Hunt was then attached to the 4th Hussars in the front line in Ypres. On the 31st October 1914 aged 33 years he was killed in action whilst trying to recover a machine gun having rescued the body of lieutenant Kenneth North. For his bravery, he was mentioned in Dispatches gazetted on 17th February 1915.
The Hunt family erected a memorial after his death (as seen below).
The original memorial was of a large cross made locally. The memorial was taken down in the 1960's after the local vicar felt it was unsafe. Up until this point the local community had used this as their war memorial. Blocks from the memorial were used as foundations for other buildings in Feering. The remains from the memorial were discovered in Glebe Gardens by the Kelvedon and Feering Heritage Society when planning a summer walk in 2010, where they were being used as paving slabs. The society felt that the memorial should be reinstated and this was done in a more modern format using the remains of the original memorial.
To find the cache you need to answer these simple questions by visiting the memorial.
A = How many clasps did the South African Medal have? = A
B= How many clasps did the Queens medal have? = B
C= How many clasps did the Kings medal have? = C
The final co-ordinates are: N 51 51.C (A-1) (C-1) E 000 42.(A-1) A B
The final cache is a short drive from the memorial and is a black magnetic key safe.