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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.
Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1.º Visconde Byng de Vimy GCB GCMG MVO (Wrotham Park, 11 de setembro de 1862 – Thorpe-le-Soken, 6 de junho de 1935) foi um oficial do Exército Britânico e o 12.º Governador-geral do Canadá.
14 de jan. de 2008 · As governor general, he is best known for his role in the King-Byng Affair, when he formally refused Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King’s advice to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election. Viscount Byng of Vimy. Julian Hedworth George Byng, May 1917.
Learn about Sir Julian Byng, the commander of the Canadian Corps who led the successful attack on Vimy Ridge in 1917. Find out how he became a popular and capable general, and later the Governor General of Canada.
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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20 de jul. de 2006 · Under the overall command of British General Sir Julian Byng, and assisted by scores of British and Canadian commanders and staff officers, the Canadians carefully rehearsed the attack in the weeks before the battle.
Julian Hedworth George Byng (1862-1935) was born at Wrotham Park on 11 September 1862. After studying at Eton Byng began a military career that took him to the Sudan and then to South Africa, where he served in the Second Boer War of 1899-1901.
