Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
Coagh - Those That Served
Updates for Private Lewis Coyle
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01/03/2019 Private Coyle was 37 years old when the war ended.
01/03/2019 Private Lewis Coyle served with the 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers in the war. Because the name is quite unusual, only one possible match could be found on the medal card index. His Service No is believed to have been 7551.
01/03/2019 The 1911 census lists Louis as age 35, living with the family at house 11 in Cluntoe (Richardson), Munterevlin. Cluntoe is in Ardboe, on the western shore of Lough Neagh. They were a family of fishermen.
01/03/2019 The 1901 census lists Lewis as age 19, living with the family at house 12 in Sessia, Munterevlin, County Tyrone. They were a family of fishermen, living on the edge of Coagh village.
01/03/2019 Speculated family: Lewis Coyle, Lucy Coyle, Mark Coyle (born 4th January 1874), Elizabeth Coyle (born 14th April 1875, died 3rd May 1875), Hugh Coyle (born 4th August 1876). William John Coyle (born 4th April 1878, died 26th June 1878), Elizabeth Coyle (born 26th January 1880, died 1st September 1880), Lewis Coyle (born 5th May 1881), Joseph Coyle (born 25th December 1883), William John Coyle (born 21st July 1887).
01/03/2019 Lewis Coyle was born on 5th May 1881. He was one of, what is believed to have been, eight children, five surviving. All the children were born in the Coagh - Ardboe area.
01/03/2019 Lewis Coyle was the son of Lewis and Lucy Coyle. Lewis Coyle and Lucinda Campbell were married on 13th February 1872 in the district of Cookstown.
01/03/2019
01/03/2019 The History of Coagh booklet lists Private Lewis Coyle as having served with the 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers in the war.
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Coagh & District in WW1
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