| The History of Coagh booklet lists Private Thomas Watterson as having served with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the war.
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| Private Thomas Watterson served in France with the Ulster Division.
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| Private Waterson embarked for France on 26th November 1915.
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| Private Thomas Watterson was wounded and taken prisoner on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916.
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| Thomas survived the war.
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| Thomas’ son, Sapper Thomas William Watterson, died in World War Two.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th April 1944: Coagh
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| Mr Thomas Watterson, of Urbal Road, Coagh, has just received information that his son, Sapper Thomas Willie Watterson, Royal Engineers, has died of wounds received in Italy. He is married and leaves a wife and one son in York, England. He was a member of Coagh Flute Band and Coagh Football Club, of which he was a great favourite. His father served in France with the Ulster Division and was wounded and taken prisoner on 1st July 1916.
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