ijust happened to come out of the church first, and as i looked to my right, i saw a commonwealth war grave completely grown over with weeds. and i thought, that s not right, it shouldn t be like that. so my wife and i came back the next day. we cleared all the weeds. six months later, i d done 144, all within a ten mile radius of where i lived. i find them, i renovate them, i seek permission, and then i revisit them every two or three years and re clean them. steve always takes before and after photos of the graves he restores. the transformations are quite something. i love doing the short videos of reels, which we speed up, and i put great music to them. look for the william tell one on tik tok. that s really funny. steve funds most of the work himself through a just giving page, the military grave restorer. he has two volunteer researchers
photos of the graves he restores. the transformations are quite something. i love doing the short videos of reels, which we speed up, and i put great music to them. look for the william tell one on tik tok. that s really funny. steve funds most of the work himself through a just giving page, the military grave restorer. he has two volunteer researchers who try to find the stories behind the headstones. i found a bugler from the charge of the light brigade, the last survivor of rorke s drift, colour sergeant bourne. the last survivor of the battle of waterloo, private samuel gibson, in catherham cemetery. all these people are out there, who lay dirty and in a disgusting state. so we bring it back to life. this is the grave of private landfried, now lovingly restored by steve. he sounded the bugle at the charge of the light brigade in 1854.
this in country or not. the stress level has increased since the travel ban. they feel like they re not going to be treat ed as well. asa has experienced very pain. he came to the u.s. in 2008 as a refugee from iraq. in fact, all of the volunteer researchers are former refugees from iraq. living the experience myself made me decide to do whatever is possible to help them. nasif is nearly brought to tears by family members still besieged by war. i ve received a voice mail from my brother saying if god willing, i will see you in the here after in heaven as we won t see each other again here. these words really touched me as a lot as there s no hope we see each other again here. only in heaven. his wife says their daughters, who is five and ten
refugee from iraq. in fact, all of the volunteer researchers are former refugees from remark. with experience myself, made me decide to do what was possible to help them. he is nearly brought to tears by thoughts of family members still besieged by war. the. received a voice mail from my brother saying if god willing,ly see you in the here after life in heavy as we won t see her other again here. these words touched me a lot as there is no hope we see each other again here, only in heaven. his wife says their daughter who is 5 and 10 have suffered, too. translator: the girls had fear from the word we are returning to syria, because they lived through wartime and heard the sound of exploexs, so that