| Thomas William Watterson was the son of Thomas and Mary Watterson. He was born about 1921.
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| Thomas Watterson (senior) served in France with the Ulster Division and was wounded and taken prisoner on 1st July 1916.
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| Known family: Thomas William Watterson, Mary Watterson, Thomas William Watterson (born about 1921).
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| The family lived at Urbal Road, Coagh
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| Thomas was a member of Coagh Flute Band and Coagh Football Club, of which he was a great favourite.
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| Prior to enlisting, he worked as a farm labourer for Jack Wilson, Coagh.
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| Thomas William Watterson was married and lived with his wife in Old Earswick, York. They had one child.
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| 1944
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| Sapper Thomas William Watterson was serving with the 102nd Field Company of the Royal Engineers when he died of wounds on 21st March 1944, aged 23.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 15th April 1944: Orange News Coagh District L.O.L
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| The quarterly meeting of Coagh District L.O.L. 10 was held in the Orange Hall on Wednesday week, Bro J McGarvey, W.D.M. , in the chair and brother William Nesbitt, District Secretary, in the vice-chair. There was a good attendance of members, all the local Lodges were represented. A vote of sympathy was passed to Bro M Robinson on the death of his daughter, and to Brothers Thomas and John Watterson, on the death of Bro Thomas W Watterson, Royal Engineers, killed in action in Italy.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th April 1944: Roll of Honour
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| WATTERSON Sapper Thomas W Watterson of Old Earswick, York, formerly of Urbal Road, Coagh, died of wounds received in Italy.
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He died that it might be finished.
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Now at peace with the Lord.
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| Inserted by his sorrowing father and step-mother, Urbal, Coagh.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th April 1944: Coagh
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| Mr Thomas Watterson, of Urbal Road, Coagh, has just received information that his son, Sapper Thomas Willie Watterson, Royal Engineers, has died of wounds received in Italy. He is married and leaves a wife and one son in York, England. He was a member of Coagh Flute Band and Coagh Football Club, of which he was a great favourite. His father served in France with the Ulster Division and was wounded and taken prisoner on 1st July 1916.
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| 1945
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 7th April 1945: Roll of Honour
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| WATTERSON In fond and loving memory of our dear brother, Sapper T W Watterson, died of wounds received in action in Italy, March 1944. Manly and brave, his young life he gave. Ever remembered by his brothers and sisters. Coagh and England.
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| Sapper Thomas William Watterson is buried in Naples War Cemetery, Italy.
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| Sapper T W Watterson is commemorated on the Coagh War Memorial.
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| The CWGC records Sapper Thomas William Watterson as the son of Thomas William and Mary Watterson. He is also recorded as the husband of May Watterson, of Old Earswick, Yorkshire.
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