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Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935), was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation.
Jan 14, 2008 · Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926. Photo taken 1925. (courtesy Library and Archives Canada)
Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng commanded the Canadian Corps on the Western Front from May 1916 to June 1917. He forged the Canadians into an elite fighting formation, leading them through the battles of Mount Sorrel, the Somme, and Vimy Ridge.
Jun 2, 2024 · Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy was a British field marshal and a commander in World War I. A career soldier from 1883, Byng was promoted to major general in 1909. As commander of the Canadian Corps in France (from May 1916), he was responsible for one of the most famous Canadian.
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Apr 2, 2007 · Sir Julian Byng led the Canadian troops to victory in the famous First World War battle at Vimy Ridge almost 90 years ago. On Monday, his medals were donated to the Canadian War Museum.
Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. (1862-1935), Field Marshal. 20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 15 portraits Born in Barnet, Hertfordshire and educated at Eton College; an excellent horseman, Byng was gazetted into the 10th Royal Hussars in 1883, the Prince of Wales' own regiment; he first experienced ...
Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (vĬm´ē, vēmē´), 1862–1935, British general. He served in India and South Africa and had several commands in World War I. In Apr., 1917, Canadian troops under his command took Vimy Ridge, in N France.
