VIMY

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Mimeographed typed Armistice 'Special Order of the Day by General Hon. Sir J. H. G. Byng, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.', 'To all Ranks of the Third Army'. With two leaves of mimeographed extracts from The Times and Morning Post regarding 'the Iron Division'.

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Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Commander of the British Third Army in the First World War [The Great War; Armistice Day, 11 November 1918]
Publication details: 
Special Order of the Day dated 11 November 1918. Extracts from three newspaper articles, dated 1 October (2) and 11 November 1918.
£360.00

The three items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All three are 1p., 4to, and printed in purple on government 'S O | ABSORBENT' paper. Item One: Special Order of the Day, 11 November 1918. Signed in type at foot: 'J. BYNG, General, | Commanding Third Army.' It begins: 'The operations of the last three months have forced the enemy to sue for an armistice as a prelude to peace. | Your share in the consummation of this achievement is one that fills me with pride and admiration.

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