This is the main kitchen in the new barracks and mess building it served five messes. The mess held three long tables extending through the entire room sitting approximately 150. There were two smaller messes in the building also a senior tradesmen’s mess and the tradesmen’s mess. The kitchen had rows of large food stoves, work benches and appliances. The main dishwashing benches with rows of sinks were either in the kitchen or the mess itself.