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War Memorial #1710 ~ St Ewe Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/5/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The War Memorial

The headline coordinates will take you to the main pathway to the porch of the very pretty church in St Ewe. 

The War Memorial is on the left of the path just before you reach the porch.

The memorial commemorates the servicemen and one civilian who came from the village and its surrounding area and who lost their lives in WWI and WWII.

There are Church Micro and Village Hall caches in the village which still possesses a pub but no longer has a post office or village shop.

The Cache

To find this cache you will have to do some on-line research or visit to find details of some of the men named on the memorial.

In addition, you will need to visit the church porch near the memorial to obtain further numbers.

A = Alphanumeric value of the last letter of the place that Stoker Doddridge came from.
B= number of letters in the surname of the man who came from Hewas Water.
C= Number of letters in the first word of the place that Private Perry came from.
E= Alphanumeric value of the first letter of the place that Private Bawden came from.
F = the number of letters in the surname of the man that came from Trelewack.
G=0
J= Number of letters in the name of the place that Private Carhart came from.
K = Number of first name initials of the man who came from Polsue

From the church porch:

D = Number of arched beams supporting the porch roof

H = Number of hinges on the church door

CHSCKSUM A - K = 47

The cache can be found at N 50 AB.CDE W 004 FG.HJK

The cache is a petling tube containing a log. 

Please bring your own pen and you may need tweezers to remove the logbook;

PLEASE SCREW THE LID BACK ON FIRMLY

Parking is available close to the cache hiding place

 


***** PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT *****
CACHES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PLACED ON ACTUAL MEMORIALS OR WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF SUCH

AT ALL TIMES PLEASE TREAT LOCATIONS OF MEMORIALS WITH RESPECT


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs yrsg unaq tngr cbfg

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)