| The History of Coagh booklet lists Private Lewis Coyle as having served with the 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers in the war.
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| Thomas Creighton was the eldest son of Samuel and Jane Creighton. Samuel Creighton and Jane Beattie were married on 24th December 1895in the district of Cookstown.
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| Thomas Creighton was born on 24th April 1896. He was the eldest of five children. All the children were born in Coagh.
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| The 1901 census lists Thomas as age 5, living with the family at house 13 in Urbal, Coagh. Samuel Creighton is described as being an ‘engine fitter at works’.
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| Family: Samuel Creighton, Jane Creighton, Thomas Creighton (born 24th April 1896), James Creighton (born 26th April 1898), Mary Creighton (born 10th May 1900), Annie Creighton (born 22nd February 1903), Robert Creighton (born 13th May 1907).
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| The 1911 census lists Thomas as age 15, living with the family at house 16 in Great George's Street, Coagh. Thomas has left school and is employed as a mill worker. His father was a bicycle mechanic.
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| From newspaper reports, it seems Private Creighton was injured at the Somme in July 1916.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 12th July 1916:
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| Private Thomas Creighton, Coagh, wounded
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 15th July 1916:
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| Private Thomas Creighton, wounded, son of Mr Creighton, cycle agent, Coagh
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th July 1916:
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| The following local men in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers appear in Monday morning’s casualty list as wounded:- T J Creighton, Coagh, J Hudson, Coagh, J Mitchell, Coagh
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| Private Creighton spent Christmas of 1917 at home on furlough.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 6th January 1918: Coagh
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| Privates Thomas Creighton, Joseph Curry, James Mitchell, of the Inniskillings, and Trooper Matthew Hagan and Thomas Collins, North Irish Horse, spent Christmas with their friends at Coagh.
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| Private Thomas Creighton was 22 years old when the war ended.
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