Zillebeke
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Zillebeke is a village in the Flemish province of West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.
[edit] History
On March 3, 1914 the then municipality was granted the arms are those of the last Lords of Zillebeke, the Canton family, Viscounts of Winnezeele, which had in 1740 acquired the Ancien Régime estate of Zillebeke.
In World War I, like other parts of Ypres, it was the site of allied heroism. This won two soldiers a Victoria Cross:
- John Henry Stephen Dimmer - 1914; Klein Zillebeke, Belgium
- John Franks Vallentin - 1914; Zillebeke, Belgium
The same goes for the nearby village of Hollebeke, which was merged into Zillebeke in 1970, together with Voormezele.
It was also mentioned in the Wipers Times, the most well-known of the trench magazines that were published by soldiers fighting on the front lines of The Great War, which may have had its frontline home there.
In 1976, Zillebeke was merged into Ieper city.
[edit] Sources and references
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- - Belgian Civil heraldry - shows the coat of arms
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