The thousands of soldiers living in the trenches, waiting for the next battle, also need to eat and drink. The bottles, cans and pots you see here were found in or near the trenches. In this collection of empty bottles, you'll find brands that we still know today. Gordon's Dry Gin, Perrier, Schweppes. On the British side, they also drink rum, which comes in the typical SRD jar. Many believe that the soldiers were drunk when they entered battle, but that is a misconception. Every soldier was given a small amount of rum as a heart-warming treat. Sometimes officers saved up the portions of rum to offer solace to soldiers returning from fierce fighting. A nip of rum softens the shock and the trauma after a bloody battle. Before WW1, canned food was mostly a luxury item and people often didn't trust it. But during the war, soldiers are given lots of canned food: meat, fish, marmalade, fruit. The most famous canned food is probably corned beef. British soldiers were given 700 grams of meat almost every day.