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.
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1. Wikipedia: Julian Byng
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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.
1. Wikipedia: Julian Byng
1. Wikipedia: Julian Byng
1. Wikipedia: Julian Byng
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Following distinguished service during the First World War
Wikipedia: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
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Douglas Haig, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, William Pulteney
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