Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
Coagh - Those That Served
Updates for Private Thomas Waterson
Date Information
02/07/2020 Private Waterson embarked for France on 26th November 1915.
02/07/2020
02/07/2020
02/07/2020 Thomas’ son, Sapper Thomas William Watterson, died in World War Two.
02/07/2020 Thomas survived the war.
02/07/2020 Private Thomas Watterson was wounded and taken prisoner on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916.
02/07/2020 Private Thomas Watterson served in France with the Ulster Division.
02/07/2020 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.
02/07/2020
02/07/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th April 1944: Coagh
29/04/2019
29/04/2019 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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