Hong Kong Volunteer Soldier

The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)) (Chinese: 皇家香港軍團(義勇軍)), formed in May 1854, was the only locally raised military unit in British Hong Kong. It was a Crown regiment established by Royal Warrant under the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Ordinance. While funded and locally administered by the Government of Hong Kong, it remained under the command of the Commander British Forces in Hong Kong, and its officers held Queen’s Commissions. From the early 1960s, the Regiment was affiliated to the Royal Armoured Corps and, from 1970, was formally incorporated into its order of battle under subsidiary regulations (L.N. 190 of 1970).