The Royal Canadian Artillery Association gunners presented a three inch anti-aircraft gun to Work Point Barracks on March 3, 1981. The gun is a permanent memorial marking the service of the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Work Point Barracks. The Regiment of Canadian Artillery first established itself in Victoria in 1887, “C” Battery moved into Work Point Barracks when it was completed in 1890. Since then, the artillery units and schools have remained on strength at Work Point until 1957.
| C Battery, Regiment of Cdn Artillery | 1890 – 1893 |
| Royal Marine Artillery | 1893 – 1899 |
| 19 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery | 1899 – 1901 |
| 83 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery | 1901 – 1902 |
| 58 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery | 1903 – 1906 |
| 5 Company, Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery | 1906 – 1924 |
| 5 Heavy Battery, RCA | 1924 – 1939 |
| 9 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery, RCA | 1946 – 1955 |
| 4 Light Anti Aircraft Battery, RCA | 1955 – 1957 |
| Other units included: | |
| 1 Coastal Artillery Maintenance Unit, RCA | 1954 |
| Royal School of Artillery, Esquimalt | 1922 – 1939 |
| A 24 Canadian Artillery Training Centre (Coast Artillery and Anti Aircraft) | 1941 – 1946 |
| Royal Canadian School of Artillery (Coastal and Anti Aircraft) | 1946 – 1953 |
The gun came from the Royal Canadian Artillery Museum in Canadian Forces Base Shilo, Manitoba and was refurbished by the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Maintenance Platoon. It is a three inch, 20 CWT, MK IIIA, quick firing anti-aircraft gun and was introduced in 1914. They were used during the Second World War and subsequently removed from service.
The 3" AA memorial gun was placed in the center of the defined "Saluting Battery" adjacent to the flag staff. On the left is the C Battery Memorial, on the right is the raised platform where the gun battery of the day was situated from 1890. At one time it facilitated four 12-pounder field guns for protection of Rose Bay and one 7" rifled muzzle loading cannon for Royal and local ceremonial gun salutes.
