Following the examples of Church Micros and SideTracks, this hopefully growing series will be set out to mark the remembrance of our fallen. These caches asks you to get details from Commonwealth War graves (#LestWeForgetThem) or from Village, Town or City war memorials (#LestWeForget). All of these locations and individuals need to be treated with respect, so please be respectful in your hunt. They can be found on the Commonwealth website, but part of a multi and part of the point in creating this series was to get people to visit the graves of those who fell, and all were designed around this purpose. If you do visit the graves, please take a note of all the details, as more caches may be released for both this cemetery and the series.
Loughborough Cemetry has the commonwealth war graves of 81 heroes from at least three countries. This is one of a series of caches based on these graves, as using them all in one puzzle would have been intense.
In order to find the cache and sign the log, you need to find each of the distinctive war graves and find the answer to the coordinates. This cache is within 15 mins walk from the central roundabout where it is suggested you park. You have to enter the cemetery to get the answers, but the cache is accessible at any time.
This is the final of the caches for Loughborough, so to complete it you need to have the answers from the previous five puzzles. There should be 12 left, that you now need to put into the below karkuro puzzle. (I actually have 15 left but three do not have service numbers...)
Take the service numbers (ignore any prefixes - just the numbers after the /) and fit them in, making sure that all the digits add up to the total number that is in the triangle box.
The letters should give you the answers to the coordinates -
N - 52 AB.CDE
W - 001 VW.XYZ
Please remember this is an active cemetery and be respectful of the people around you and the graves in the grounds.
Dont forget to use the geochecker!
If anyone has any information about the individuals involved I would love to include their stories in here.
For more LestWeForget or LestWeForgetThem caches, please check out this list:
https://www.geocaching.com/plan/lists/BM9HTTH?sort=name&sortOrder=asc&skip=0&take=100
If you would like to place one in the series, please message us and we will allocate you a number.