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Died. Field Marshal Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy, 72, Wartime hero of Vimy Ridge and Cambrai, onetime (1921-26) Governor General of Canada; of heart failure following an emergency abdominal operation; at Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England...
Asked by Washington newshawks if he had read the late Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg's War memoirs, which praised him highly. Lord Byng of Vimy, commander of Britain's 3rd Army in the War, replied: "I have read nothing about the War. In extenuation neither have I written anything about...
...Only one, Admiral John Byng, was ordered shot...
...months in office as Commissioner of Metropolitan Police. Over four years ago the British public was startled to learn that the placid British bobby-historically the calmest of constables-was not immune to bribery and graft. There were nasty disclosures about protection from raids granted night-club owners. Viscount Byng of Vimy was drafted as Commissioner to reform the force. Eighteen months ago Lord Trenchard, a cannon-voiced officer known as ''Boom" to the Royal Air Force, succeeded Byng. Last week's report announced that things were still bad with the bobbies. There were only 23 murders...
...duty little reported in the British Press. In the army leather-lunged Lord Trenchard was known as "Boom," because of his reputed ability to turn an entire brigade into a column of fours without the aid of a megaphone or relayed commands. Last week Lord Boom, successor to Lord Byng, spared the ears of the Press by saying nothing at all, sailed for Canada on a business trip. He is expected to take up his duties at Scotland Yard...