GAGB - First 50

The Coalville Heroes Series celebrates the first fifty volunteers from the Coalville, Leicestershire area to take part in the Great War of 1914-18. Most enrolled in August 1914 and left for training on October 30 th 1914. They trained at High Tor in Charnwood and Loughborough, then traveled to Southampton to take the steamer to France. Of the 50 volunteer soldiers, 22 returned.

Each geocache commemorates a real volunteer and describes his activities during the Great War from the Coalville Times article and includes a picture of the soldier created by local groups.

Cache No	Name	GC Code	Cache Owner
1	George I Andrews	GC7TYA7	Grizzly Pair
2	Major Baker	GC7ZNKN	TheDoctor12
3	Walter Saddington Baker	GC802FM	Moira Crackers
4	William Baker	GC814DK	jez130
5	James Bancroft	GC806CR	Marchiondi
6	Frederick Bartlam
7	Cecil Thomas Beadman	GC7ZE68	StuartHowe11
8	George Harry Bennett	GC7ZPK7	First50
9	John George Bennett	GC7ZR2E	Longwhatton34
10	Harold Groves Blackham	GC814A9	manxrose
11	Edgar Ewart Boot	GC80J8K	chillpad
12	Ernest Samuel Boot (Sam)	GC7ZPJ5	First50
13	Albert Cecil Bradshaw	GC7ZH0A	ambly99
14	Frederick Briers	GC810W5	TangoA&J
15	Thomas Lord Catlow	GC8021Y	richt2000
16	Charles Cavendish	GC8115A	isboa_bruno
17	Arthur Congrave	GC7ZH1A	ambly99
18	Joseph William Cowley (Bill)	GC801ZY	Micka62580
19	Henry Cramp	GC7ZPM7	First50
20	Charles Dedman	GC80QRP	The Sparrow Clan
21	Jabez Emmerson	GC7ZPXZ	First50
22	William Henry Emmerson	GC7Z60Y	First50
23	Francis Glynn	GC80ZM4	Barnicoats
24	Walter Gray	GC8025A	Zoidrums
25	Isaac Hall	GC806FX	Zoidrums
26	James Horace Hall	GC7ZR8V	Zoidrums
27	Walter Handford
28	Isaac Harper	GC802AM	RootingReuben
29	John W Harper	GC80TGM	clYk
30	Frederick Wilfred Hart	GC80DDN	titan470
31	Charles Hatter	GC7ZX2T	smetten for GAGB
32	Arthur William Hodgetts (Dennis)	GC8B03T	julietlimadelta
33	Cecil Hurley	GC801X1	Moira Crackers
34	John Lowe	GC81461	TheWildWestons
35	William Massey	GC7ZXEF	Sharant
36	William Newbold	GC814QT	rr300tdi
37	Walter Pettitt	GC7ZE85	Badcats
38	Wilfred Robinson	GC802GE	Moira Crackers
39	Thomas Robson	GC7ZPYB	First50
40	Clifford Ernest Scott	GC80P8R	Bazhornet
41	John Summers	GC807EV	prodhomme
42	Sidney Summers	GC807GE	prodhomme
43	George William Underwood	GC7ZX95	StuartHowe11
44	Lawrence Usherwood	GC80KHT	rr300tdi
45	Thomas Handley Usherwood	GC80AN4	PATARI
46	Arthur Walker	GC7ZPYT	First50
47	Henry Walker (Harry)	GC7ZPZD	First50
48	Frederick Williamson	GC817GK	First50
49	John William Williamson (Jack)	GC7ZPY0	Marchiondi
50	Everard Victor Woolley	GC80KV9	gxkls and Mat Smith

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First 50 Heroes