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War Memorial #1621 ~ St Helens, Cenotaph. Multi-cache

Hidden : 8/7/2021
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The memorial commemorates both world Wars and some more modern conflicts. It was unveiled on 4th April 1926 and is located in Victoria Square in St Helens. 

The memorial is a Portland stone, four-sided obelisk with stepped base. It has granite tablets with gilt, engraved names. There are pedestals on three of its sides.

 

At the memorial, on one side of it, high up, see a plaque which says "SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982". There is a name associated with this.

Number of letters in surname = X.

Number of lettters in full name = Y.

The cache is at N53° 27.(2Y-2X)(Y-X+2)(2Y-2X+3) W002° 44.(Y-X)(2X-Y-2)(2Y-2X-1)

 

APPROACH FROM PEDESTRIAN AREA NOT ROAD

If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Just-Us-Two know first at justustwo1013@gmail.com so they can keep track of the memorial numbers and names to avoid any duplication.

 

Congratulations to Iantitanic for FTF smiley

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)