Lest We Forget: Walford. Multi-cache

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lefthanded99: Unfortunately it seems that the damage caused by the flooding earlier this year is more serious than was previously thought. The bridge is structurally unsound making it impossible to reach GZ. So rather than re-hash the calculation to point to a new GZ I have decided to archive this one and free up the site for a new cache.

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Hidden : 1/20/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The co-ordinates will take you to a Commonwealth War Grave in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. Please remember that this is a churchyard and treat it with the respect it deserves. And if possible please take a moment to look at some of the other monuments here.

Walford Memorial Avenue

Outside the churchyard is the War Memorial for the parish of Walford. On it you will find the names of twenty-four men from this parish who gave their lives "for King and Country".

But this is not Walford's only memorial. Behind the memorial, the road leading to the church is an "Avenue of Remembrance" lined with 24 lime trees planted in 1923 - one for each man. A small rectangle of stone at the foot of each tree gives the name of each man, with the date and place of his death.

The co-ordinates should take you to the grave of Private J Morgan of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. There are three quite distinctive Commonwealth War Graves in this churchyard: Privates Morgan and Bevan of the K.S.L.I. and Private Evans of the Herefordshire Regiment. (The King's Shropshire Light Infantry has always been a popular army unit for Herefordshire men. My own father, who lived in Ross about 2 miles from here, joined the K.S.L.I. in 1934 and served with them on the Northwest Frontier in India until being recalled to the UK in 1938 due to the threat of war. With the 2nd Bttn K.S.L.I. he entered Arromanches on D-Day plus 6 and was involved in the liberation of Caen. He ended the war guarding PoWs in Lille, and died in December 2017 aged 102.)

Find all three Commonwealth War Graves and add together the ages of the three men as shown on their headstones to get a 2-digit number ab. Divide this number by 2 to get another 2-digit number cd. The cache, which is not on church property, will be found at N51 52.8(b-1)(a+1) W002 36.1cd.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ubj ybj pna lbh tb?

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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