{"id":23525,"date":"2026-04-05T08:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T08:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=23525"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:06:09","slug":"george-charnick-comrades-in-arms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/personal-accounts\/csm-george-charnick-dcm\/george-charnick-comrades-in-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"George Charnick &#8211; Comrades in Arms"},"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\/Colleagues1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An unknown London Irish comrade wearing the symbols of the rank of RSM.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/colleagues2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;An unknown sergeant from the London Irish Rifles. He is wearing the Africa Star.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/colleagues3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An unknown London Irish comrade wearing the symbols of RSM.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/colleagues4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Rifleman George Charnick (left) with London Irish comrades in training in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/media\/colleagues5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Three unknown London Irish comrades, all decorated. This photograph was probably taken in Austria after the end of the war.<\/p>\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>An unknown London Irish comrade wearing the symbols of the rank of RSM. &nbsp;An unknown sergeant from the London Irish Rifles. He is wearing the Africa Star. An unknown London Irish comrade wearing the symbols of RSM. Rifleman George Charnick (left) with London Irish comrades in training in the UK. Three unknown London Irish comrades, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":23513,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23525","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23526,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23525\/revisions\/23526"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}