Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
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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.
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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.
Eighteen Old Etonian generals revisit Eton, May 1919. General Byng is sat in the front row, second from the right.
The Baron and Baroness Byng of Vimy as the viceregal couple of Canada.
Lord Byng at Calgary, Alberta, 1922Awards 17
Connected to Julian 6
Alan CunninghamAlso won British War Medal
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonAlso won King Edward VII Coronation Medal
Thomas BlameyAlso won 1914-15 Star
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl SpencerAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
Walter Clopton WingfieldAlso won Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Prince Azam Jah, Prince of BerarAlso won King George V Silver Jubilee MedalAbout this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1862 to 1935 · aged 72
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20 languages
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