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Zillebeke (also
known as Zellebeck) is a
village in the
Flemish province of West
Flanders in Belgium. It is a
former muni****lity
which is now part of...
- Hill 60 is a
World War I
battlefield memorial site and park in the
Zwarteleen area of
Zillebeke south of Ypres, Belgium. It is
located about 4.6 kilometres...
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ground south of
Zillebeke rises for 2,000 yd (1,800 m) to a
ridge between Zwarteleen and Zandvoorde.
Roads ran north-west to south-east
through the area from...
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Victoria Cross. On 8
September 1917, when
excavating a
trench near Hill 60,
Zwarteleen, Belgium,
Sergeant Carmichael saw that a
grenade had been
unearthed and...
- of 300 yd (270 m) in
twenty minutes. A
German force at the head of the
Zwarteleen re-entrant,
south of Mt
Sorrel where the two
attacking brigades met, held...
- but
without great effect. The
Germans retaliated with a
small mine at
Zwarteleen, but were
driven out of the
British positions. On 21 February, however...
- of Wales's (North
Staffordshire Regiment) 1917-09-088
September 1917
Zwarteleen,
Belgium Alfred Carpenter HMS Vindictive 1918-04-2222–23
April 1918 Zeebrugge...
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MacLaine Campbell – 1943; Wadi Akarit,
Tunisia John
Carmichael – 1917;
Zwarteleen,
Belgium John
Alexander Christie – 1917; Fejja,
Palestine William Clamp...
- 3rd
Division and 26th
Division broke through to St Eloi and
advanced to
Zwarteleen, some 3,000 yd (2,700 m) east of Ypres,
where they were
checked by the...
- appointment.
Allocated positions in the
Ypres Salient near Hooge, Hill 60 and
Zwarteleen, the
Canadian Corps had been
instructed by Byng to
begin preparations...
