Sydney March | |
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 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers South African War Memorial | |
| Born | 1876 Stoneferry, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1968 Kent, England |
| Burial place | Saint Giles the Abbot Churchyard, Farnborough, Kent, England |
| Education | Royal Academy Schools |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
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| Awards | First Prize, Silver Medal, 1900, Royal Academy Schools |
Sydney March (1876–1968) was an English sculptor. His primary focus was portrait busts and other sculptures of British royalty and contemporary figures, as well as war memorials. The second-born of eight artists in his family, he and his siblings completed the National War Memorial of Canada after the death of their brother Vernon March in 1930, who had created the winning design. It is the site in Ottawa of annual Remembrance Day ceremonies.
Among his many commissions, Sydney March also made a memorial to United Empire Loyalists, which was erected in 1929 in Hamilton, Ontario. Several of the siblings never married; they lived and worked together at "Goddendene", a 17-room house in Farnborough, Kent, England. They had three large studios and an iron foundry on the grounds.