During the Great War, Lt Cyril Henry Barraud commissioned by The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (43rd Battalion).
Barraud came to Canada in 1913, settling in Manitoba and became a leading figure in the Winnipeg arts community serving as President of the Manitoba Society of Artists and Craftsmen. In 1915 a founder of the Winnipeg Art Club. One of Barraud’s principal mediums was etching. In 1915, he taught Canadian artist Walter J. Phillips etching skills.
Wounded on the Somme and evacuated to England, following recovery, Barraud posted to the Canadian War Office as an official war artist.
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Lt Cyril Henry Barraud attested 25 July 1915 at Winnipeg with 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada.
Lewis Gun Instructor
Lt Cyril Henry Barraud qualified as 1st Class Instructor (Lewis Gun Course) on 11 February 1916.
Cyril Henry Barraud – GOLF LINKS, SHORNCLIFFE DISTRICT (CWM 19710261-0027)
France
Lt Cyril Henry Barraud arrived in France on 22 February 1916.
Cyril Henry Barraud – POPERINGHE (CWM 19710261-0024)
Granted certificate for Grenade Work on 27 April 1916.
Cyril Henry Barraud – For the Glory of the Kaiser (CWM 19710261-0020)
Reported from base as wounded on 3 October 1916.
Cyril Henry Barraud Returns to England
Boarded 5 October 1916, perforating wound through deep hamstring and adductor region, left thigh.
Cyril Henry Barraud-SKETCH IN KENT (CWM 19710261-0030)
Cyril Henry Barraud-KENT, SEPTEMBER, 1916 (CWM 19710261-0029)
Boarded 23 October 1916 (GWS left thigh), and given a month to convalesce.
Return to France
Lt Cyril Henry Barraud returned to the 43rd Battalion in France on 12 December 1916.
Cyril Henry Barraud-MONT ST. ELOY (CWM 19710261-0022)
Cyril Henry Barraud Returns to England
Lt Cyril Henry Barraud transferred to England on Sick Leave, 22 May 1917.
Boarded 6 June 1917 complaining of aches and pains all over badly.
Cyril Henry Barraud-NEAR DIBGATE (CWM 19710261-0032)
Boarded 28 June 1917 and found fit for home service.
Boarded 20 August 1917 – now recovered.
Return to France
Lt Cyril Henry Barraud returned to France on 26 September 1917, now Seconded for Duty with the CWRO.
Cyril Henry Barraud-BRASSERIE, STEENVOORD (CWM 19710261-0026)
Cyril Henry Barraud Returns to England
Boarded 3 May 1918 and marked C.1 for three months.
Cyril Henry Barraud-CANADA CAMP. DIBGATE (CWM 19710261-0025)
Cyril Henry Barraud-SKETCH (CWM 19710261-0031)
Boarded 3 August 1918, condition unchanged. He complains of tiring rather easily.
SoS of CWRO upon retiring in the British Isles on 22 September 1919.
Cyril Henry Barraud-First Glimpse of Ypres (CWM 19710261-0021)
Painted by Cyril Barraud between 1917 and 1919. Here, a plume of smoke, perhaps from an artillery shell, rises above the distant, rubble-strewn city of Ypres, Belgium. Three Canadian soldiers are in the foreground of the painting. English-born artist Cyril Barraud immigrated to Canada in 1913 but returned to England two years later as an officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He became an official war artist in November 1917 after recovering from wounds received during the Battle of the Somme in France.
Cyril Henry Barraud-NEAR HYTHE (CWM 19710261-0028)
Cyril Henry Barraud-The Stretcher-bearer Party (CWM 19710261-0019)
Painted by Cyril Barraud around 1918. In this painting, stretcher-bearers of the 43rd Battalion carry an injured man away from the battle. Behind them, we see the walking wounded and a German prisoner. Artist Cyril Barraud enlisted with the 43rd Battalion in 1915. For him, a pen and sketchbook were as much a part of his kit as a rifle and bullets.
Wounded in early 1917, Barraud was subsequently assigned to the Canadian War Memorials Fund. The shoulder patch, a light blue rectangle and dark blue circle, identify them as members of the 43rd Battalion. One soldier wears a red cross armband identifying him as medical personnel. Those who were hurt but still able to walk were called “walking wounded,” like the two soldiers with behind the stretcher party.
Officers, 43rd Canadian Infantry Battalion. Templeux (Templeuve, Belgium) January 17 (sic), 1919.
Presentation of Colours to 43rd Battalion by General Currie
Following the 43rd’s return from Belgium, on 11 March 1919 the Colours presented by General Currie in England. Lt Cyril Henry Barraud also present.
Cyril Henry Barraud has a monument in St Peter and Vincula Church, Great Coggeshall, Essex giving his date of death as 1965.
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