Thomas arrived in the Balkans on the 18/11/1915. Thomas died of Typhus Fever in No.14 Australian General Hospital in Port Said, Egypt. The Hospital states : "S4/128492 Pte BAUCHOP. T. , was a direct admission, 22.3.18, from No. 18 Field Bakery. , A.S.C. , Port Said. He was diagnosed Typhus soon after admission. His symptoms became very marked and he was placed on the Dangerously Ill list on 24th. He became unconscious, 27.3.18 and gradually his condition became more critical until he died at 10pm, 28.3.18. His death was due to disease contracted on active service. Port Said. 31.3.1918" (see Service Record 16). The Field Bakery was a unit of the Supply department of the Army Service Corps. The Field Bakery, with total personnel of 93 was divisible into six Bakery Sections of ten ovens each, and capable of making bread to support 26,000 men. "Expeditionary Force Tables" of 1914 show that one Field Bakery was allotted to each of the Divisions that would form part of a British Expeditionary Force that would go overseas in the event of war. The demands of war forced an enormous expansion of the industry which provided bread, a staple of the rations of each soldier. Bakeries were established at the principal base depots and near the concentrations of training camps at home. Grave photo donated by Mick McCann at the British War Graves website who supply photos FREE OF CHARGE
here. See photos for Thomas' Medal Index Card, his son named on the Old Monkland Church Roll of Honour, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls x 2, his Service Records x 17 (record 2 has information on son George and stepdaughter Ruby), his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, the Royal Army Service Corps Cap Badge and Thomas' Pension Records x 3. His age is different on Service Records and Gravestone. Thomas' Grave inscription reads "A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE SAD TO RECALL". Finally, see photos for Newspaper clippings x 11 (Coatbridge Express x 10, Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser x 4 and Coatbridge Leader x 2) and Thomas' Birth Certificate, photo of Thomas' son Ebenezer from the Coatbridge and the Great War book 1919, information on Ebenezer in the book, his Medal Index Card x 2, his Service Record, his Service Medal and Award Rolls x 2, Ebenezer's Birth Certificate, his Marriage Certificate, his Marriage mentioned in the Newspaper, photo of Ebenezer and his wife Margaret, his Death mentioned in the Newspaper, photo of Ebenezer and his comrades at the Drill Hall, Rutherglen, Recommendation Letter regarding Ebenezer's bravery, a Christmas Card sent by Ebenezer to his wife Margaret 1915, photos of Ebenezer x 3, photo of Ebenezer sporting his 4 WW1 Medals and Ebenezer's resting place in Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
