{"id":17708,"date":"2025-12-04T12:37:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=17708"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:22:34","slug":"csm-george-charnick-bren-gun-carriers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/38-irish-brigade-photographic-memories\/rsm-george-charnicks-photographic-memories\/csm-george-charnick-bren-gun-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"CSM George Charnick &#8211; Bren Gun Carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;London Irish motor cycle couriers photographed one winter during the period 1939-41.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:343px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Number 57 bren gun carrier on exercises in the UK during the winter of 1940-41.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;Bren gun carrier 57 with crew and other London Irish comrades. George does not appear to be in the photograph.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Bren gun carrier 57 with two London Irish comrades.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/Bren5.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:319px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">London Irish comrades.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/Bren6.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:558px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Clowning for the camera with a civilian.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren7.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">On exercises clowning around for the camera.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren8.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:265px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;Two unknown London Irish comrades.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren9.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:626px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">George with his comrades in a carrier. It is numbered T8806.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren10.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:772px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Bren carrier T8806 with its crew playing up to the camera. One is holding a Thompson sub-machine gun and another a hand-gun.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/bren11.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:697px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">T8806 again, photographed around the same time as in the previous photography. Again the Thompson sub-machine and handgun are on display as a a grenade.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;London Irish motor cycle couriers photographed one winter during the period 1939-41. Number 57 bren gun carrier on exercises in the UK during the winter of 1940-41. &nbsp;Bren gun carrier 57 with crew and other London Irish comrades. George does not appear to be in the photograph. 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