This painting depicts a Canadian Highlander throwing a grenade from the safety of a trench. The relatively straight-arm throw involved lobbing the grenade rather than throwing it like a baseball from over the shoulder. Grenades were a particularly effective weapon in close quarters trench fighting or in knocking out strong points without exposing the thrower to enemy fire.
Painted by Lieutenant Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
CWM 19710261-0061
Canada and the First World War
