Not just any old Mess Tins

[Flying10uk]

These British mess tins were given to my father in the late 1940's by a friend of the family who had served, for the whole of WW2, in the British army, from the start of WW2 until the end. I don't believe that he did anything particularly remarkable while serving his country; he was just an ordinary person trying to do his bit. The interesting thing about these actual mess tins is that they went to France with him in 1939 with the BEF and were with him when he evacuated off the beaches of Dunkirk. He used them throughout his WW2 service and were with him when he hit the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. He then used them on continental Europe until the end of the war.

Some British soldiers did return with their personal kit from France in 1940.

I believe that my father used them for camping for a while, before realising that they were of too much historical significance for that.

Could anyone tell use if the British army still use this style of mess tin, or something different, please? I have seen these tins with relatively modern dates on them.

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