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GEO936: Sadly, I'm going to let this one go. We had replaced it an number of times and to be honest, there isn't really a good hiding place here. I'll free up the space to allow for someone else with better imagination to put a new hide down. It is a great historical spot to share with others.

GC1A1WZ ▼

A cache by GEO936 (adopted from Nish4) Message this owner

Hidden : 3/9/2008

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

SA SCOTTISH MEMORIAL

This monuments stands in front the RHQ : 'The View'

This memorial was formerly exclusively in memory of the SA Scottish who died in World War I. In 1952, after deliberation, the Transvaal Scottish Regimental Council approved the addition of a plaque bearing the words, "Also in grateful memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment who gave their lives in the two world wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945."

Pro Patria

In
grateful memory
of the
officers, non commissioned
officers and men of the
South African Scottish
Regiment
who fell in the Great War.
Ye honoured mighty dead
who nobly perished in the glorious cause.

Also in grateful memory of the
officers, non commissioned officers and men of
The Transvaal Scottish Regiment, who gave
their lived in the two world wars of
1914 - 1918 and 1940 - 1945

1914 - 1918

It was originally intended to include the inscription,
"Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us But unto Thy name be the glory"
but on further consideration this proposal was dropped.

Following demographic changes in the City of Johannesburg, the ambience of the Joubert Park area changed, the City Council which by 1988 had agreed in principle to the moving of the statue ... but exactly where, or who was to pay, was not clear.

It had been suggested at one time that the Cenotaph in the Johannesburg Library Gardens, commemorating the dead of both World Wars, might be moved to the new Civic Centre in Braamfontein. This, it was thought, would give impetus to the transfer of the SA Scottish Memorial. But in the end the Cenotaph stayed where it was. Then there were suggestions that railings be put up. The two battalions made efforts to regularly clean the area.

By 1989 there were suggestions that if a hoped-for move by the TS into the Old Johannesburg Fort came to fruition, then the memorial would most appropriately be moved there. But negotiations over the Fort came to nothing.

Finally, however, when it was desired to build a new bus station in the Joubert Park area in the early 1990s, the City Council accepted responsibility the memorial's removal. Land on the road frontage immediately outside "The View", in Parktown, was acquired and the transfers expeditiously arranged, and the solid stone memorial - together with its much larger and heavier concrete base - were finally moved.

Source www.jocks.co.za

Interesting to note that GC11GDR (Scottish Horse Memorial) is one of the few remaining Scottish memorials remaining in the Johannesburg area.

The cache is NOT hidden on the memorial itself!

You are looking for a small cream/lip balm jar (2cm diameter), painted in black. Please ensure you keep the ziplock bag with the logbook.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zrzbevny gb lbhe onpx - Evtug Sebag Pbeare. Gnxr n frng naq ybbx orgjrra lbhe yrtf !!

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)