The History of Coagh booklet lists Gunner Robert Young as having served with the Royal Garrison Artillery in the war. Robert Young’s parents lived in Tamlaght. Robert was married. His wife lived in Ballymaguire. Gunner Young had been in France since the outbreak of war. A report from January 1916 notes that Gunner Young had spent 16 months in the thick of the fight in France without receiving a scratch.