Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was a British Army field marshal who commanded the Canadian Corps at the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the British Third Army during the First World War, and who later served as Governor General of Canada. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikipedia: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
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Following distinguished service during the First World War, 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.
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11 September 1862
Infobox: Died
6 June 1935
Fought In: World War I, Opening paragraph, WWI service sentence
Following distinguished service during the First World War
View the SourceWikipedia: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
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Douglas Haig, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, William Pulteney
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