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War Memorial #185 ~ Rothbury Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/30/2025
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the given coordinates. Please go to the War Memorial at Rothbury, and work out the questions below, and then you will need to do some simple maths to work it all out.

The front of the War Memorial is the face that has the quote that starts with 'They shall not grow old'.

Right face of the War Memorial

Q. How many letters does the ninth soldier down in the first column have in his surname?  

R. How many letters does the soldier, fourth from the bottom/eighteenth from the top, in the first column have in his surname? 

S. How many letters does the soldier seventh form the top in the second column have in his surname? 

 

Left face of the War Memorial

T. How many letters in the second word of the quote at the top? 

U. How  any letters does the third soldier from the top in the first column have in his first name? 

V. How many down from the top in the second row is soldier 'William J.r Soulsby'? 

W. What do you get if you add the eleventh and twelfth number on the face together? 

X. How many down from the top is soldier 'James Ormston'? 

 

Front face of the War Memorial

Y. How many letters are in the ninth word in the fifth row, divided by two? 

Z. How many letters are in the third word in the last line? 

Checksum of P - Z = 55

 You will find the cache at N55 AB.CDE W1 FG.HJK        

A*. Z - V

B*. X x U

C*. Y + Y + X

D*. C* x X

E*. T + U

F*. S

G*. T + X

H*. Q / X

J*. R - T

K*. Z - Y

 

Will bring you to a shortish drive away!

I wish you the best of luck.

If anyone would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Just-Us-Two know first at justustwo @ gmail.com so they can keep track of the numbers and avoid any duplication.

 

- Islablueseth

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

PNA lbh qb guvf?

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)