This is a 2 stage multi cache with on road parking available.
Crakehall War Memorial is in the grounds St Gregory’s Church on the Village Green and is a Celtic cross with shaft set on a tapering plinth and base. The shaft is decorated with base relief panels of flowers and shields, while the cross has a central rose with oak leaves on the arms.
The Memorial is dedicated on the face of its shaft:-
IN PROUD AND LOVING
MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM
THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR
FREEDOM'S CAUSE
IN THE/ GREAT WAR<
1914-1918
On the plinth are the names of twelve men who fell in the First World War followed by:-
SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID
THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF THE DEAD.
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP
A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP.
On the rear face of the shaft is
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 -1945
DIED IN THE SERVICE
OF THEIR COUNTRY
followed by three names, then
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
followed by a fourth name
The co-ordinates bring you to the memorial and by using the inscription and names of those commemorated you can work out the co-ordinates for the final cache location as follows:-
The cache can be found at N54º 18.PQR W001º 37.STU where
P = third digit of the year this memorial was erected
Q = number of letters in the surname of WW1 hero William
R = number of letters in the surname of WW1 hero Henry
S = number of letters in the surname of WW2 hero Robert H.
T = number of middle names shown for John Thompson
U = Total letters in the full name of the 4th hero in the left column for WW1
Checksum = 30
Please ensure after signing that the cache is returned as you find it and, as always, give appropriate respect to the memorial and its surroundings.
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The series is dedicated to those who fought for their country. "We will remember them!”
If anyone would like to place a War Memorial Cache of your own then please do so. We would ask if you do so please contact Just-us-Two through their profile page or justustwo1013@gmail.com</font>
so they can keep track of the numbers
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*****PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT *****
****PHYSICAL CACHES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PLACED ON THE ACTUAL MEMORIAL OR WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF SUCH MEMORIALS. AT ALL TIMES TREAT LOCATIONS OF MEMORIALS WITH RESPECT. ****
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