Piper J.C. Richardson was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria
Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the
face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth
forces.
He was 20 years old, and a Piper in the 16th Bn., Manitoba
Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force, (Canadian Scottish) during
the First World War when the following deed took place for which he
was awarded the VC:
On 8 October 1916 at Regina Trench, Somme, France, the company
was held up by very strong wire and came under intense fire. Piper
Richardson repeatedly asked for permission to play the company
'over the top' but the sergeant-major thought it too risky. When
the situation began to look dire, Piper Richardson made the request
once again and the sergeant-major replied, "Aye mon, gie 'em wind!"
The Piper then went "o'er the top" and strode up and down outside
the wire playing his pipes, which so inspired the company that the
wire was rushed and the position captured. Later, Piper Richardson
was detailed to take back a wounded comrade and some prisoners, but
after proceeding some distance he insisted on turning back to
recover his pipes, which he had left behind. He was never seen
again.
Piper Richardson is only 1 of 96 Canadians to ever have received
the Victoria Cross.
To find the cache:
- Take the number from the 2nd engraved line of print on the
plaque facing east. This is the # of metres for your
projection
- Read the citation on the plaque. How many yards did Piper
Richardson proceed? Take this # and add 13. This is your
bearing.
- Proceed ____ m at _ _ _° T .
The cache is a small micro-sized container that has a log,
cachenote, and a Remembrance Day quarter from Tim's. YOU WILL NEED
TO BRING YOUR OWN PEN. Please ensure that the small bag the log and
cachenote are in is sealed and secure in the micro after logging
the cache.
Note that this cache was not intended to be a
multicache, but rather, a virtual. It would have been my wish that
all focus should be on the significance of the memorial, not on a
physical cache, but the powers that be insisted on it being at
least a micro. My apologies if the cache itself is a hard find. If
you wish to log it as a find and have made successive trips without
success, please log it as a find.
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