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War Memorial #1971 ~ Histon & Impington Multi-Cache

Hidden : 11/30/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The memorial was first unveiled on 21st November 1920, it cost £250 and the designer and mason was Mr Fred Baccus.a retired military man.  In 1951 the lettering was repainted and in 1964 the memorial was moved 50 yards to make way for the new by-pass at which time it was cleaned and the World War 2 names were added.  The design is of a wayside cross on a plinth 

It is situated alongside the B1049.  Water Lane and It is accessible from Station Road Histon.

To find the physical clues you will have to solve the below qusetions.

a = Number of letters in Mr Lees  Christian  name.

b = Number of letters in Ronalds surname

c =  Number of letters  in the first word the on the tall part of the plynth

d = Number of letters in the third word on the tall part ofthe  plynth minus one

e = The base of the plynth has howmany sides? Halve this number for the value of "e"

f = On the memorial are two dates relating to the second world war. deduct the total of the second year from the first to get " f "

Total is 48

The cache is located a short walk away .

N 52° 14  ABC  E 000 06. DEF

There is a web page for the series [https://warmemorialseries.co.uk](https://warmemorialseries.co.uk/) and a facebook page, just search War Memorial Geocaching. There are badges for your profile (Finders and Setters) and loads of info. If you could let us know the GC number when the cache is published that would be helpful. We will then add it to the bookmark There is a web page for the series [https://warmemorialseries.co.uk](https://warmemorialseries.co.uk/) and a facebook page, just search War Memorial Geocaching. 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. OR (If your cache page is in html then please copy the text at the bottom of this page instead)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Srry gur Ybir

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)