WAR MEMORIAL RESTORATION & MAINTENANCE

CLEANING & CONSERVATION

WE CARE ABOUT YOUR WAR MEMORIALS 

We undertake a wide variety of war memorial restoration and maintenance works in and around London.

If you watch, or participate in,  Armistice Day in Central London, televised by The BBC then you are likely to have seen the war memorials and  monuments that we look after including Women of World War II and The Battle of Britain.

Caring for these objects is a great honour and we want these monuments to stay in the best condition for as long as possible.

 

Bronze maintenance of Women of World War II Whitehall

ANIMALS IN WAR

War Memorial Restoration shouldn’t be necessary if a regular  maintenance program is in place.

We are able to take care of stone cleaning and bronze maintenance to ensure that your memorial is well cared for throughout the year.

Bronze can be easily damaged by contractors working in the vicinity of bronze. This is not wilful damage, but due to a lack of knowledge about the character of bronze and how to protect it.

We can undertake all aspects of a war memorial’s care, and you can rest easy that no damage will occur to the associated elements, like the bronze, from our work practices.

Maintenance of bronze and stone Animals in War Park Lane

 

THE JOSEPH FRY WAR MEMORIAL

This monument to Joseph Fry, famous chocolate maker, and war memorial in memory of 136 factory workers that gave their lives during the First World War, had been overlooked for a number of years causing the surface to become corroded. It’s poor condition meant that the beautiful frieze had lost depth and the outline was hard to make out. The names of the dead had also become hard to read.

Restoration of the War Memorial was part of a wider project in the area and was championed by one of the factory’s former employees, Mr Hugh Evans.

The first stage of a war memorial restoration is usually to steam clean the bronze to remove all dirt, grime and other residues and remove any failed wax layers that might be in place.

 

Joseph Fry Memorial before Restoration

Before

steam cleaning a bronze war memorial

We begin with steam cleaning

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After 

HARPENDEN WAR MEMORIAL

The War Memorial on Church Green, Harpenden was dedicated to 162 servicemen who died in the First World War, and a further 108 men who died in the Second World War. 

Conservation and cleaning works were commissioned by the local council and carried out to this much-loved local memorial to improve its overall presentation. The bronze plaques were restored to ensure legibility of the names of those commemorated.

Harpenden and District Local History Society have a fascinating website featuring this war memorial and others if you would like to read further. 

 

Before

After

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