Gillès who laid down their lives for King and Country, during the Second World War.

– Baron André Gillès de Pélichy : (1914 – †1940) : laid down his life for his Country during the Battle of Wevelgem, on 25 May 1940.

– Baron José Gillès de Pélichy : (1923 – †1944) : member of the secret army and a political prisoner, died on 26 October 1944 in the Gusen-Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.