Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation.
Byng in 1921
Portrait of Byng by Philip Alexius de Laszlo as GOC 1st Cavalry Brigade, 1907.
The Prince of Wales, the Earl of Athlone, General Byng and King George V with a German helmet on Thiepval Ridge, July 1917.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (centre front) with his senior commanders and staff officers at Cambrai, France, November 1918. Stood in the second row, directly behind Haig, is General Byng, GOC Third Army.
Battle of Vimy Ridge
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in th
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
…the First World War—specifically, with the British Expeditionary Force in France, in the Battle of Gallipoli, as commander of the Canadian Corps at Vimy Ridge, and as commander of the British Third Army—Byng was elevated to the peerage in 1919. In 1921, King George V, on the recommendation of Prime Minister…
Richard Jack The Taking of Vimy Ridge
Byng during the battle
Position of the defending and attacking forces before the battle
Large model of German trench lines