The Byng Boys

The Byng Boys: The name adopted by the Canadian troops, so brilliantly distinguished under Lord Byng in 1917, being suggested by "The Byng Boys are Here," a revue in London very popular among men on leave. The Canadians, it is recorded, in one action, on capturing a German second-line, signalled back to the artillery, barrage-firing immediately ahead, to let the gunners know their position and lift the barrage further on, "The Byng Boys are here."