The church in Wingrave was first recorded in 1190AD, though it is possible there had been a church on the site since a much earlier time. The majority of the superstructure of the current building is 13th and 14th century in construction and the baptismal font is Norman. The church was restored between 1887 and 1889 and many of the windows and doors are from this time. The church serves the parish of Wingrave with Rowsham.
In the graveyard there is just one Commonwealth war grave, and this can be found close to the published coords. To solve this puzzle you need to find some information online about this burial, then you need to visit the published coords to gather some information from the churchyard. Once you have done all that you can go and find the final cache, which is hidden nearby.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established through Royal Charter in 1917 (though it was originally called the Imperial War Graves Commission, only taking on its current name in 1960). The Commission's mandate is to commemorate all war dead individually, uniformly and equally. To this end, the war dead are commemorated by name on a headstone, at an identified site of a burial, or on a memorial. War dead are commemorated irrespective of military or civil rank, race or creed. Commonwealth war graves are instantly recognisable in any cemetery as they are sculpted out of white Portland stone and are of a standard shape and design.
Either by visiting the churchyard, or through online research, find the name of the individual buried in the Commonwealth war grave in the churchyard at Wingrave St Peter & St Paul. His surname had A letters in it. His date of death was 5th August 191B.
Now for a bit of online research. The Imperial War Graves Commission contracted out the placement of the headstone to an Undertaker and Funeral Director in Aylesbury. The schedule of works for the placement of the headstone is available online and can be viewed free of charge. This schedule gives an address for the widow of the individual buried here, that is rather a long way away from Wingrave. Her address was listed as CDE Tamworth Road.
Finally some information that is only available by visiting the published coords. At the foot of the Commonwealth war grave are five graves in a row, all for people sharing the same last name. The middle of the five is for a woman called Sarah, who died on 20th November 1926 at the age of FG years.
For a checksum, A+B+C+D+E+F+G = 32.
The cache can be found a short walk away at N51 51.(C+E)(F-G)B W000 44.AD(F-E).
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