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Julian Byng, I visconte Byng di Vimy; Julian Byng in divisa militare: Soprannome: Bungo Nascita: Hertsmere, 11 settembre 1862 Morte: Thorpe Hall, 6 giugno 1935 Dati militari; Paese servito: Regno Unito: Forza armata: British Army: Grado: Feldmaresciallo: Guerre: Guerra Mahdista Seconda guerra boera Prima guerra mondiale: Battaglie: Battaglia di ...
Generale inglese (Wrotham Park, Barnet, 1862 - Thorpe Hall 1935). Partecipò alla spedizione del Sudan (1884), e poi, come comandante del South African Light Horse, alla guerra contro i Boeri dal nov. 1900 all'apr. 1901. Durante la prima guerra mondiale partecipò alla spedizione dei Dardanelli (1915), nel corso della quale si segnalò ...
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.
14 gen 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.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
10 apr 2024 · Viscount Byng of Vimy was Commander of the Canadian Corps during the 1914-18 war and became Governor General of Canada.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (vĬm´ē, vēmē´), 1862–1935, British general. He served in India and South Africa and had several commands in World War I. In Apr., 1917, Canadian troops under his command took Vimy Ridge, in N France.
