After some research we found out the following about the Rev George Cullen Harvey Reed of the London Missionary Society (LMS).
The entry for the Rev George Cullen Harvey Reed in the London Missionary Society Register of Missionaries (1923) details his service with the LMS, and reads as follows:
"Born, Sept. 24 1867, at St Leonards-on-Sea. Ch.m., C. Ch., New Coll., London [meaning that he was a church member of the Congregational church of New College, London]. Appointed to Inyati, Matabele Land, S. Africa. Ordained, July 12, 1894, at New Coll. Ch. Single. Left England, Sept. 1, 1894. IN Sept. 1895, he settled at Buldima, a new centre. During the Matabele war in 1898, Mr Reed was much disturbed in his work and had to retire to Bulawayo for a time. In 1898, he removed temporarily to Hankey. He resumed charge of Buldima district in 1899. From April, 1911, to June 1912, he was Acting Principal of Tiger Kloof Institution. In Dec., 1914 he was transferred to Serowe, especially to superintend work in the Lake Ngami region. Mr. Reed died from fever on Nov. 21, 1917, Seseki on the Zambesi, aged 50.
Visits to England: April 30, 1904 - Nov. 12, 1904; July 27, 1912 - Nov. 16. 1912."
It is interesting to note that "Hankey" is probably a miss spelling of Wankey, the important Zimbabwe coal mining town about 100 km from Victoria Falls and 350 km from Bulawayo that was renamed around 1990 to the African spelling - Hwange. Also, where the record states Rev Cullen died - Seseki (now Sesheke), this is the town on the Zambian side of the Zambezi River, which is a straight line distance of about 70km's from where the actual grave site is located on the shores of Lake Liambezi (also Lyambezi) which then drains into the Chobe River which eventually flows into the Zambezi River, about 80 km away (and completing the triangle as this point is about 80 km's downstream from Sesheke.)
Since 1977 the LMS has been called the Council for World Mission and its records are in the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London in Russell Square, and one can visit their Library and read more of the records relating to Cullen Reed in their archive collections which also includes a box of his personal papers comprising: correspondence, journal of journey to Lake Ngani in 1916, an account of his death by fever on expedition on Zambesi 1917 and a typescript biography: 'The Blood Brother: the story of Cullen Read' by AM Chirgwin. There are also reports from Bulilima, Vryburg and Dombodema; correspondence with the LMS from Matabeleland and Hankey and photographs showing Reed himself, his church, the hut where he died and his grave as it was in the early Twentieth Century.
To read the full descriptions of these items, you can visit the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) online catalogue at: http://squirrel.soas.ac.uk/dserve/ , where you can search for 'Reed' or 'Cullen Reed' in the AnyText field and bring up the relevant entries.
We (Team GBS) have not had the opportunity to visit SOAS at this time, but it would be very interesting to see the photos of the grave held on record and to then compare it with the site as it is today.
The cache is not at the published co-ordinates, but can be found at:
S HJ KL.MNP E 0QR TU.VYZ
To work out the correct co-ordinates you will need to answers to the following questions at the published co-ordinates:
A = The number of years the Reverend served at Inyati (include both start and end year).
B = The number of years the Reverend served at Dombodema (include both start and end year).
C = The number of years the Reverend served at Serowe and Lake Ngami (include both start and end year).
D = The Reverend's age at his death.
F = The year the Reverend died.
G = The date in November the Reverend died.
H = C-A
J = D-G-B
K = D-(Gx2)-8
L = F/639
M = (DxG)/2-(Dx10)-(B+C)-1
N = (F-(DxG))/C-(Bx10)-(Gx3)-(AxC)-C
P = (BxG)/63
Q = (C-A)x2
R = D-49+C
T = B/7
U = (D/5)/(A+C)+(G/7)
V = ((F+3)/16)-(Dx2)-(Cx2xC)x(AxA)
Y = (F-(Bx21)-(Cx49)-(264x2+1))/D-(AxC)-(B-17)
Z = ((BxD)-F+883)/2-(G/C)
Check Sum of South digits = 26
Check Sum of East digits = 29