“Every grave I tend to is treated with the same love and respect as my own son’s.”

Memories Maintained, Grave, Gravestone Restoration Services Hastings, East Sussex. Image description: A photo of a father and son smiling at the camera, behind them is a frosty grass bank.

Our story

Memories Maintained started a year after I lost my son Harry in a road traffic accident, he was 11 years old. On the 15th of December 2022 an unsecured scaffold board came through the windscreen of the car I was driving killing Harry.

Harry was airlifted to King’s College Hospital London but unfortunately he couldn't survive his injuries. He went on to donate his organs, which enabled five people to receive the organs they desperately needed.

Shortly after Harry was buried at St Laurence’s Church, Guestling in January 2023 I began to notice a lot of military graves that were in a sorry state. I already followed Steve Davies, the military grave restorer on Facebook so I sent him some pictures and he met me at St Laurence’s the next day.

Steve took me under his wing and over the coming months I spent my days all over the country with Steve restoring military graves of forgotten soldiers.

I found great solace in cleaning and restoring the graves and graveyards have become my peaceful place now. As such I set up my own part-time business restoring and cleaning graves in my spare time for anyone who would like their loved one’s resting place tended to.

I have taken my BRAMM (British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons) NVQ and I am now qualified to clean and restore graves to include deep cleans, lifting of sunken memorials and refixing of unstable memorials. This includes all lettering replacement to include gold leaf and painted lettering.

If anyone would like me to take a look at their loved ones grave then please do get in touch and I can offer free and impartial advice on anything you may require.

Every grave I tend to is treated with the same love and respect as my own sons.

Harry is there with me with every grave I restore.

“What Lee has done for myself and my family is beyond anything I could’ve imagined … spectacular and a fantastic tribute to my Nan.”

Gravestone with a cross at the top, decorated with a sunflower and butterfly drawings, and a bouquet of multicolored tulips at the base. This is a after photo of the grave having been restored by Memories Maintained Hastings, East Sussex.
Gravestone with engraved sunflower and butterfly. The inscription includes a quote about saying goodbye and a note about the sun. This a before photo of as the grave leans to one side having sunken in the ground. Memories maintained Hastings.

SERVICES

Restoration

White marble headstone with engraved text and flowers at the base. The headstone commemorates Ada Putland, Dora Putland, and Gladys Ada Taylor, with their birth and death dates, and features a Christian cross with a sunburst design at the top.
Old gravestone with overgrown plants and a small potted plant in front. This is a before photo that Memories Maintained have since transformed with their gravestone cleaning services in Hastings East Sussex.

SERVICES

Cleaning & Maintenance

A stone tablet with engraved text that is covered in dirt and moss. This is a before photo that Memories Maintained Hastings East Sussex have since transformed with re-gilded and repainted letters as the original has faded letters on the headstone.

SERVICES

Re-gilding & Re-painting

A marble memorial with a heartfelt message for a loved one. This is a after photo that Memories Maintained transformed by repainting the letters on the headstone.