Thomas Coleman was born in Carnteel, County Tyrone. In 1914 he was living in Hamilton, Scotland and joined the Army at Holytown, Lanarkshire. His first regiment was the Gordon Highlanders. He then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps In May 1917 Coleman was mentioned in dispatches. In July 1917 Sergeant Coleman was awarded the Military Medal. On 6 November 1917 Sergeant Coleman was killed at Passchendaele in the attack on the Polderhoek Chateau. It is believed that Sergeant Coleman was killed in command of the machine gun that was destroyed.
