Work Point Barracks Memorial
Municipality/Province: Esquimalt, BC
Memorial number: 59005-065
Type: Slab - granite
Address: Lyall and Head Streets
Location: Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt
GPS coordinates: Lat: 48.4261391 Long: -123.3983846
Submitted by: Victoria Edwards. Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Jack Bates.
Work Point Barracks Memorial was unveiled on 20 June 1987, by the Reviewing Officer as part of the centenary celebrations. It was erected by the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry to commemorate all soldiers that lived in these barracks. The granite stone comes from Beacon Hill Park courtesy of the City of Victoria. Beacon Hill was the temporary home of C Battery, the Regiment of Canadian Artillery that built Work Point Barracks in 1887.
In 1920, Bravo Company of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry occupied Work Point Barracks until the start of the Second World War. In the fall of 1957 the First Battalion moved to Work Point Barracks from Germany, where it remained until the fall of 1963 when the Battalion returned to Germany. On 19 September 1970, the First Battalion, The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada was re-designated as the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at Work Point Barracks, and is still their residence.
Inscription found on memorial
VP
IN 1887
THE FIRST CANADIAN REGULAR SOLDIERS TO
GARRISON THE VICTORIA AREA ARRIVED ON THIS
SITE AND BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF
WORK POINT BARRACKS
THIS CAIRN COMMEMORATES THE CANADIAN
SOLDIERS WHO HAVE LIVED IN THESE BARRACKS
OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS.
ERRECTED 20 JUNE 1987 BY THE
THIRD BATTALION PRINCESS PATRICIA’S
CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
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