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Hollebeke
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thumb | right | alt=Rectory in Hollebeke, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium | Rectory in Hollebeke, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium Hollebeke is a Flemish village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, now part of Ypres.

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village
Country
Belgium
Located in
Ypres
Elevation
39
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Hollebeke
postal code
8902
P13200
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thumb | right | alt=Rectory in Hollebeke, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium | Rectory in Hollebeke, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium Hollebeke is a Flemish village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, now part of Ypres.

==History== In World War I, it was the site of Allied heroism (like other neighbouring parts of Ypres, such as Klein Zillebeke) that won Khudadad Khan the first Victoria Cross ever awarded to a native South Asian.

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