Edward Bainbridge Copnall

Edward Bainbridge Copnall MBE (29 August 1903 – 18 October 1973) was a British sculptor and painter.

Copnall was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1903 and moved to Horsham, West Sussex in England as a young child after the death of his mother.

His father, photographer Edward White Copnall (born 1878, Isle of Wight), lived and worked in Horsham from 1915 to 1962.

[4] The exterior sculptural scheme for the Royal Institute of British Architects new building in Portland Place, London, completed in 1934, was an important early commission.

[4] During the Second World War, he worked as a camouflage officer in the Middle East, building dummies as part of the military deception for Operation Crusader.