John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl,, styled Marquess of Tullibardine until 1917, was a British soldier and Unionist politician.
Vanity Fair portrait by Spy (Leslie Ward), 23 March 1905
Memorial to John George, 8th Duke of Atholl, Dunkeld Cathedral
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The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army's Territorial Army raised in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. It saw heavy fighting in both the First World War, as the 13th Batt
John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
…Horse Guards, and asked by Lord Kitchener, whom he had served under on the Omdurman Campaign, to raise a regiment of Scotsmen in South Africa, called The Scottish Horse. The regiment was raised quickly and soon saw active service in the Western Transvaal. A second regiment of Scottish Horse was raised from troops…
Cap badge of the Scottish Horse.
The Scottish Horse Boer War memorial in Edinburgh
1st Regiment Scottish Horse constructing a redoubt at Duadar, Summer 1916
Howitzers of the 79th (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment during a training exercise, Banffshire, Scotland (May 1941)