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Coagh War Memorial
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Casualties
No Mem Ref Service No Rank Name Regiment / Service Battalion Date Of Death
1 11-B Pte. Rice, Samuel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion
2 07-B 3035 Pte. O'Neill, Francis Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion 29/03/1915
3 08-B 12124 Pte. O'Neill, Peter Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion 30/05/1915
4 07-A 4442 Pte. Devlin, Thomas Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion 21/08/1915
5 09-B 9357 Corp O'Neill, Joseph Connaught Rangers 5th Battalion 06/12/1915
6 02-A 3190 Pte. Burgess, Robert King Holmes East Africa Pioneers 17/03/1916
7 12-B 13890 Pte. Sands, Robert Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 08/05/1916
8 06-B 17808 Pte. McMullan, John Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 08/05/1916
9 09-A 602253 Pte. Howe, Robert Canadian Infantry 13th Battalion 03/06/1916
10 13-B 23667 Pte. Shields, George Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 7th Battalion 01/07/1916
11 01-B Lieut Col Lenox-Conyngham, John Staples Molesworth Connaught Rangers 6th Battalion 03/09/1916
12 02-B 11084 Sgt. Mitchell, William Thomas Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 09/09/1916
13 05-A 19319 Pte. Currie, Frederick Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 22/09/1916
14 04-A 21390 L/Corp Creighton, James Machine Gun Corps 87th Company 27/04/1917
15 05-B 66782 Pte. McGuckin, Paul Machine Gun Corps 141st Company 20/05/1917
16 12-A 17495 Pte. Junk, Samuel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 07/06/1917
17 15-A 20815 Pte. Mitchell, Joseph Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 07/06/1917
18 15-B 28498 Pte. Young, Samuel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 26/06/1917
19 03-B 21296 Corp Mitchell, Robert Thomas Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 06/08/1917
20 04-B 32788 Pte. McReynolds, Thomas Alexander Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion 09/10/1917
21 14-B 751 R/man White, John Royal Irish Rifles 14th Battalion 07/12/1917
22 03-A 32499 L/Corp Bell, William John Albert Otago Regiment 1st Battalion 21/02/1918
23 01-A Maj Lenox-Conyngham D.S.O., Hubert Maxwell Veterinary Corps 15/03/1918
24 13-A 11083 Pte. Mitchell, James Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 29/03/1918
25 14-A 29062 Pte. Mitchell, Robert Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion 30/05/1918
26 08-A Staff Nurse Ferguson, Rachel Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 26/06/1918
27 11-A 31267 Pte. Harkness, Alexander Duff Wellington Regiment 2nd Battalion 16/08/1918
28 10-B 3080100 Pte. O'Neill, Patrick Canadian Infantry 24th Battalion 27/08/1918
29 10-A 71398 Pte. Hagan, Matthew Staffordshire Yeomanry 1st Battalion 17/10/1918
30 06-A 42468 Pte. Corr (aka Rankin), William J Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion 10/04/1919
Location
Town : Coagh
Latitude : 54.652435
Lontitude : -6.624094
Date Unveiled :
Coagh War Memorial Plaque now resides in St Luke’s Church of Ireland, Coagh. This is located at the junction of Bridgend Road and Ruskey Road about 1 kilometre north of the centre of Coagh. The Memorial was in the Coagh Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Coagh but the hall had fell into disrepair and the Memorial plaques were removed to the Royal British Legion, Cookstown. The hall at 33 Urban Road, Coagh, County Tyrone was demolished around 2007-08.

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Memorial History
The foundation stone for Coagh Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall was laid down on 1st July 1920 by Mr R J McKeown M.P. The building was contracted to Mr J B McKeown.. Coagh Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall was opened on 16th July 1921 by Lady Craig (wife of Northern Ireland Prime Minister, sir James Craig).
The tablet to the fallen was unveiled by Mrs Lenox-Conyngham and the names were read out by Captain R C Elliot (Chaplain of Forces). The tablet to those who served was unveiled by Mrs R J McKeown and a dedicatory prayer was read out by Lieutenant colonel D H Hanson C.F. The prayers were laid by Reverend John Entrician BA and benediction pronounced by Reverend W T McClelland. The hall also included a stained glass window to the fallen.
The two plaques inside the hall hold the names of (i) those who died in the Great War and (ii) those who served. They cover the areas of Coagh, Tamlaght, Ardboe and Ardtrea.
30 names are included among the fallen. This however is not a complete list of names.
In recent years the Hall has fallen into disrepair and the stained-glass window and Memorial plaques have been removed for safe keeping.
Coagh War Memorial Plaque now resides in St Luke’s Church of Ireland, Coagh. This is located at the junction of Bridgend Road and Ruskey Road about 1 kilometre north of the centre of Coagh.
The hall at 33 Urban Road, Coagh, County Tyrone was demolished around 2007-08.
Memorial References and Links
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1 Dictionary of Irish Architects - Coagh Details of War Memorial Hall
2 Ulster War Memorials - Coagh Coagh Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall 1920.