Belgian War Grave Zonnebeke
Zonnebeke cemetery contains the grave of sergeant Jan Jozef Leppens of the 3rd Lanciers.
He was born in Oud-Turnhout (Oosthoven) on February 25, 1917 and died on May 25, 1940 in Zonnebeke while defending the railway line between Zonnebeke and Gheluwe (Frezenberg).
He was hit by a bullet in the forehead.
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Source
- Text: Jhonny Bastiaensen
- Photos: Jhonny Bastiaensen
- Heemkundekring Corsendonca Oud-Turnhout
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Museum
- Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 - Zonnebeke
- Museum Pond Farm Museum - Langemark (Langemark-Poelkapelle)
- Chateau and Front Line Hooghe - Zillebeke (Ieper)
Point of interest
- Passchendaele Memorial Garden United Kingdom - Zonnebeke
- Dugout Chateau Grounds Zonnebeke - Zonnebeke
- Passchendaele Memorial Garden France - Zonnebeke
Monument
- Commemorative Plate D. 21 Battery Canadian Field Artillery Zonnebeke - Zonnebeke
- War Memorial Zonnebeke - Zonnebeke
- Memorial Zonnebeke Chateau Grounds - Zonnebeke
Cemetery
- Crypt Zonnebeke - Zonnebeke
- Belgian Graves Veterans Zonnebeke - Zonnebeke
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Tyne Cot Cemetery - Passendale (Zonnebeke)
Fortification
- British Bunker "Wimbledon" - Zonnebeke
- Australian Bunker Polygon Wood - Zonnebeke
- German Bunker Polygon Wood - Zonnebeke
Crash site
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