| The History of Coagh booklet lists Private Patrick Higgins as having served with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the war.
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| At present, there is no information on his pre-war life.
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| Private Patrick Higgins was serving in France in late June 1916 when he was injured. He was shot in the hand.
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| The First World War Soldiers' Medical Records record a Private Patrick Higgins of the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers being admitted to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station on 29th Jun 1916 with a gunshot wound. His Service Number was 13873.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 8th July 1916: Wounded
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| Private Patrick Higgins, Coagh, (two fingers shot off and wrist fractured).
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| Private Higgins suffered a fractured wrist and had two fingers of his left hand amputated.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 2nd September 1916:
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| Privates Sam Rice, Patrick Higgins and James Mitchell, of the Inniskillings, are at home with their friends in Coagh this week on leave.
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| Patrick Higgins was discharged from the army on 15th November 1916 due to his injuries.
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| A report in the local newspaper in March 1918 relates to an ex-soldier called Patrick Higgins in Coagh. The soldier had lost part of his hand, presumably in the war.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 16th March 1918: Drunks
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| Sergeant Conlon v Patrick Higgins, Coagh; drunk on 6th March. Was lying sleeping on the road. Was an ex-soldier and had lost part of his hand. Fined 1s and costs.
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