Are there records of a soldiers issued weapon (Bren)?

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I have been wanting to obtain a nicely deactivated Bren gun for quite some time, and was hoping to get a good idea of which Bren my grandfather might have been issued in WWII. Are there any records of what he may have been issued? He joined with the Canadian Scottish Regiment, B company (what platoon escapes me at the moment). He joined up in '43, landed on the beach D-Day (getting wounded by a mortar) and his war ended by an 88 during the battle for Hill 168 just outside of Falaise. He was #1 on the Bren. If it is possible to know what he had, I would love to find out. I appologize for my lack of knowledge on the production, contracts, etc. of the Bren that would point me in the right direction so I decided to ask here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
i doubt it, by that point in the war, they would be given the first functioning gun available, be it a FTR made from parts, a fresh new canadian made one from the factory, or anything that was sitting on the rack since dunkirk
 
Bren Guns

The Mark 1 Bren Gun (with the dial sight) was introduced in 1937. The Mark 2 Bren Gun (with the screw type sight) was introduced in 1941.

It could have been either.
 
Chargerguy said:
I have been wanting to obtain a nicely deactivated Bren gun for quite some time, and was hoping to get a good idea of which Bren my grandfather might have been issued in WWII. Are there any records of what he may have been issued? He joined with the Canadian Scottish Regiment, B company (what platoon escapes me at the moment). He joined up in '43, landed on the beach D-Day (getting wounded by a mortar) and his war ended by an 88 during the battle for Hill 168 just outside of Falaise. He was #1 on the Bren. If it is possible to know what he had, I would love to find out. I appologize for my lack of knowledge on the production, contracts, etc. of the Bren that would point me in the right direction so I decided to ask here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Sorry I'm afraid the answer is "no", for the same reason that it's impossible to trace rifles issued in Commonwealth service.

A MkI, MkI(M)/British manufactured equivelent, or MkII would be correct.

The British MkI(M) was not marked as such, and continued in production at Enfield as the MkI until the MkIII (the "Airborne/lightweight BREN") began production in 1944...
 
It's highly unlikley to have a Bren on issue to an individual soldier.The bren was a squad weapon and as such would be issued to a Company , then to a platoon leader or Comander. The only weapons entered in a service boo were personel weapons , such as a rifle,sten. pistol . I had a rifle and a sten in my book , not the same dates.Kelly
 
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