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►Canada's War Memorial MtenfoWill R* Ivh.b.trd la I^ondon Before IWag shipped To fHtaw*„ The King hu given permission for vv y the exhibition in Hyde Tark in th* autumn ot Canadas great national _ war memorial to be set up in Ottawa # It is probable that the sit* chosen OJ will be between the Marble Arch and ^ the handstand on which the New Zealand war memorial carillon was temporarily housed in 1930. The me-^ morial w hich will cost about £50.000, is the work of seven brothers, all ex-si01miuperis in a branch of sculpture The ^aisiwyoungest. Mr V'ernon March, who A died two years ago. was the designer. ^ e Every part of the memorial has been ^ a carried out at the March's family home ^ , at Farnborough, Kent. It was begun u In 1927. the eldest brother. Mr. Syd-.. nay March, leading the family team, p The memorial consists of 19 figures p 51 of heroic size, representing all the e r Canadian forces that served in the ,t Great War. They are depicted marching eagerly under a 60-foot high Arch of Sacrifice.r
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Miniota Herald
Miniota, Manitoba, CA
Wed, May 25, 1932
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