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Jeffery Williams
Jeffery Williams, born in Calgary, Alberta in 1920, is the recent recipient of the Governor-Generals Literary Award for Nonfiction and the University of British Columbia's Canadian...view moreJeffery Williams, born in Calgary, Alberta in 1920, is the recent recipient of the Governor-Generals Literary Award for Nonfiction and the University of British Columbia's Canadian Biography Award for his highly acclaimed biography of the former Govener-General of Canada, Lord Byng of Vimy, published in 1983. An infantryman, he served in the North-West Europe campaign and commanded a company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in action in Korea. He has taught at the Staff College and has held military appointments in Germany, in the Canadian Embassy in Washington and the Canadian High Commission in London. He retired from the forces in 1971 and lives in Summerset.view less
Books by Jeffery Williams
The Long Left Flank: The Hard Fought Way to the Reich, 1944–1945 Byng of Vimy: General and Governor General Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5