IIRC, 'Batmen' were officially downgraded to 'Mess Servants' in 1969 or thereabouts?
Although we still called them 'batties', but their role was gradually dumbed down by the beancounters over the years and had virtually disappeared by about 1988.
I think that Stn Cdrs and above still have a few staff, but very few compared to the 1970s......
