| The History of Coagh booklet lists Private Joseph Curry as having served with the 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the war.
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| Very little is known about Private Joseph Curry. He was a cousin of Private Hugh Currie.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 23rd September 1916: Hugh Curry (cousin of Joseph Curry)
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| Private Joe Currie, from Coagh, a cousin, wrote on the 10th that when he heard of Hugh’s death, he got leave and went to see if it could be true. Continuing he says:-
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| ‘I trust that God may comfort you. It is sad and sore for his mother, but he is happy today. W Mitchell was killed yesterday. It is a great pity, but we cannot help these things in a place like these. I trust we will all meet in heaven.’
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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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