Boer War uniform
Dress jacket
This jacket is part of the dress uniform for the Royal Artillery, Scottish Horse Brigade. The Scottish Horse Brigade is a regiment of the British Army’s Territorial Army, a volunteer cavalry force. The jacket was worn by Mr John (Jack) Murchison Felgate during the Second Boer War. In 1901, Felgate misrepresented his age as 21, so he could enlist and fight in the war.