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Englishman’s Grave Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/23/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is on the R364 between Clanwilliam and the R27 to Calvinia just before the gravel turn-off to Wupperthal.

 

It is at the grave of Lieutenant Graham Vinicombe Winchester Clowes of the Gordon Highlanders. He and his men survived defeats at the major battles of Majuba and Magersfontein, only to be killed in a skirmish with a Boer patrol on 30 January 1901.  Devastated by the death, his mother travelled from Hertfordshire to have the gravestone constructed and placed.    The headstone is in the form of a Celtic cross which bears the words “brave and true.” She would make the five weeks’ journey by sea to the Cape to make the pilgrimage to her son’s grave on the anniversary of his death for the rest of her life until 1936.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ng gur pbeare

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)