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What was life like in a mess in the First World War?

QMy great grandfather, James Heaton, born 1882, is pictured here front right in a group photo featuring mess staff at Dettingen Barracks.

Would all of these soldiers have seen action in the First World War, or would they have stayed at the barracks as mess staff? Is there anything you can tell me about what their lives

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