Hollebeke
Sign in to savethumb | 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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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.