The Adlab & bonus were created by The Old Dragons & Iscadoodle and kind permission was given to place a cache here at the cemetery by the Bereavement Officer, Exeter City Council.
PLEASE be respectful... Dogs allowed on a short lead & usual respect for other cemetery users please. Opening hours are on the website.
At this location, YOU WILL ONLY FIND the memorial to Vice Admiral George Francis Hewson. He was born in Ireland on 26 July 1776 & died in Exeter on 5th September 1860 aged 84.
Amazing that he lived so long when you look into his life!! He had led a very active life at sea after joining up in 1788 aged 12 !!! He passed exams at the age of 19 before Lord Nelson & 10 years later, aged 29, he went on to fight in the Battle of Trafalgar on the Dreadnought 98 in 1805.
There is a lot of history about all the ships & battles that George was involved in if you Google his name.
George was married to Grace in 1808 and they had 3 sons (who all went into the medical profession) & a daughter. He left in 1816 due to health reasons, but it gives his final retirement date of 1846, some 30 years later, aged 70! Most unusual!
Just as a point of interest - Lord Nelson was born in 1758 & died in October 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was taken to Gibraltar, pickled and then began a long journey back to England before being buried in January 1806, aged 47
Now to find the cache - you must first have done the Adlab at this cemetery and worked out the simple subtractions when you have succesfully completed the answers.
The cache will be found at N50 41. _ _ _ W03 27. _ _ _