Personal Number: 99175 Rank: Major Name: Henry George Coats ILLINGWORTH Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 30 September 1939 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34698/supplement/6649/data.pdf The undermentioned to be granted emergency commissions as 2nd Lts.:— FOOT GUARDS. Gren. G'ds. 18th Sept. 1939. Henry George Coats ILLINGWORTH (99175). London Gazette : 25 September 1947 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38079/supplement/4519/data.pdf The KING has been pleased to grant unrestricted permission for the wearing of the following decorations which have been conferred on the undermentioned personnel in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies:— DECORATIONS CONFERRED BY His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT OF BELGIUM. Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with Palm, Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm. Major Henry George Coats ILLINGWORTH (99175), Grenadier Guards.
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details Name Illingworth, Henry George Coats Rank: Captain Service No: 99175 Regiment: 1 Motor Grenadier Guards Theatre of Combat or Operation: Foreign to British: Belgium Award: Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with palm and Croix de Guerre 1940 with palm Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 08 December 1945 Date 1945 Catalogue reference WO 373/111
From The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.1. Pages 174/5
