Opened in 1896, the Armoury has served military and community needs, in war and in peace, throughout its life. The home of the Royal Westminster Regiment, the Armoury has been the site of such varied events as early city basketball games, vegetable exhibitions, a dinner for Winston Churchill, gala celebrations, and an emergency supply centre after the City's Great Fire of 1898. Its military obligations encompass conflicts from the Boer War to the present including peacekeeping throughout the world.
This sixty-four pounder muzzle-loader was once mounted in the Gun Room of the Armoury to be used in the defence of the City. It is a Sea-Service weapon from the lower gundeck of a line-of-battleship. For Land-Service, apart from static use in a fort, it would need a very heavy wheeled carriage for mobility.
