As dawn broke on May 28th, B Company was pinned down on a forward slope by an Argentine position at Boca House – the same time that A Company was pinned down from Darwin Hill. Private Illingsworth assisted in dragging a wounded comrade, Private Hall, into dead ground and then returned to retrieve the wounded soldier’s weapon and ammunition. He crawled forward and was killed by small arms fire. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
See account of Goose Green co-edited by Colonel David Benest
Profile photograph courtesy of Bob Hilton
