May 1854 - 3 September 1995

1854 - First Volunteers forms in May and disbanded at the end of the year.

1862 - Volunteers regrouped into a battery of artillery, with theinclusion of a band and a rifle company the following year.

1866 - Second Volunteers disbanded.

1878 - Third Volunteers formed.

1899 - Volunteers participated in the British takeover of the New Territories and the Kowloon Walled City.

1914 - Volunteers and regular forces went off to the war in Europe with the outbreak of the First World War.

1917 - Compulsory service introduced in Hong Kong under the Military Service Ordinance.

1925 - Volunteers maintained order during the General Stike.

1933 - Volunteers acquired their first armoured car.  Ford chasis.

1937 - Many Hong Kong Chinese, both men and women, joined the volunteers and the regular army after the outbreak of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

1941 - 2,200 Volunteers mobilized into fighting with the Japanese for 18 days, followed by the surrender of Hong Kong on Christmas Day.

1945 - Volunteers released from internment camps after the Japanese unconditional surrender.

1948 - Volunteers reconstituted under the Hong Kong Defence Force Ordinance and renamed "The Hong Kong Regiment".

1951 - Regiment granted the royal title: The Hong Kong Government introduced a Compulsory Service Ordinance.

1957 - Regiment accorded the right to carry the battle honour "Hong Kong".

1961 - Defence Force Ordinance suspended and the Regiment reverted to voluntary in nature.

1966 - Regiment called out into service during the riots.

1967 - Regiment deployed during the territory-wide disturbances resulting from the cultural Revolution in the Mainland.

1969 - Junior Leaders Corps of the Regiment formed.

1979 - Regiment assisted the regular forces in border patrols.

1980 - Regiment fully mobilized to bolster the security forces in the event of a massive influx of the illegal immigrants during the three-day grace period, following the end of the "reached base" policy.

1982 - Female volunteers once again recruited.

1984 - Hong Kong entered a transitional period subsequent to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

1992 - Regiment announced their disbandment in three years.

1993 - RHKR the volunteers Association Limited formed.

1995 - Regiment disbanded.