Frederick Sadleir Brereton

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Sadleir Brereton, CBE (5 August 1872 – 12 August 1957) who often wrote under the name Captain Brereton, was a British Army medical officer and an author of children's books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.[1]

Early career

Brereton was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) as a surgeon-lieutenant on 29 January 1896, and was promoted to captain on 29 January 1899. During the Second Boer War he was attached as a medical officer to the Scots Guards.[2] He retired his commission on 22 November 1902, after the end of the war in South Africa.[3]

First World War

Brereton served again in the RAMC during the First World War with the rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel. In 1919 he was appointed as a Commander of the Portuguese Order of Aviz and a CBE.[4]

Personal life

Brereton married Ethel Lamb in 1898 and Isobel Murdoch in 1953.

Bibliography

Title	Year	Publisher	Main character	Notes
With Rifle and Bayonet: A Story of the Boer War	1900	Blackie and Son
With Shield and Assegai: A Tale of the Zulu War	1900	Blackie and Son
In the King's Service: Cromwell's Invasion of Ireland	1901	Blackie and Son
A Gallant Grenadier: A Tale of the Crimean War	1901	Blackie and Son
In the Grip of the Mullah: A Tale of Adventure in Somaliland	1903	Charles Scribner's Sons
One of the Fighting Scouts	1903	Blackie and Son
A Hero of Lucknow: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny	1905	Blackie and Son
Indian and Scout: A Tale of Gold Rush to California	1905	Blackie and Son
Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish–American War	1905	Stitt Publishing Company
A Soldier of Japan: A Tale of the Russo-Japanese War	1906	Blackie and Son
A Knight of St. John: A Tale of the Siege of Malta	1906	Blackie and Son	Martin Trentall	384 Pages, Illustrations by W. Rainey
Jones of the 64th. A Tale of the Battles of Assaye and Laswaree	1907	Blackie and Son
Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico	1907	Blackie and Son
How Canada Was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec	1908	Blackie and Son
Roughriders of the Pampas: A Tale of Ranch Life in South America	1908	H. M. Caldwell Company
With Wolseley to Kumasi: A Tale of the First Ashanti War	1908	Blackie and Son
John Bargreave's Gold	1910
Indian and Scout: A Tale of the Gold Rush to California	1911	H. M. Caldwell Company
The Great Aeroplane: A Thrilling Tale of Adventure	1911	Blackie and Son
The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal	1912	Blackie and Son	Jim Partington	384 Pages, Illustrations by William Rainey
Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia	1912	Blackie and Son	David Harbor	363 Pages, Illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon
A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration	1913	Blackie and Son
King of Ranleigh: A School Story	1913	S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.
The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure	1914	Blackie and Son	Dicky Hamshaw	360 Pages, Illustrations by C.M. Padday
With the Dyaks of Borneo: A Tale of the Head Hunters	1914	Blackie and Son
With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula	1914	Blackie and Son
Under French's Command: A Story of the Western Front from Neuve Chapelle to Loos	1915	Blackie and Son
With Joffre at Verdun: A Story of the Western Front	1916	Blackie and Son
With Our Russian Allies: A Tale of Cossack Fighting in the Eastern Campaign	1916	Blackie and Son		376 pages
On the Road to Bagdad: A Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris	1917	Blackie and Son
Under Haig in Flanders: A Story of Vimy, Messines and Ypres	1917	Blackie and Son		illustrated by J.E. Sutcliffe, 286 pages
The Armoured-Car Scouts: A Tale of the Campaign in the Caucasus	1918	Blackie and Son
With Allenby in Palestine: A Story of the Latest Crusade	1920	Blackie and Son
Scouts of the Baghdad Patrols	1921	Cassell and Company
Clothing: An Account of Its Types and Manufacture	1931
Hemel Hempstead Through the Ages	1938

References

1. Paris, Michael (2004). "Over The Top: The Great War and Juvenile Literature in Britain". Praeger. p. 39.
2. Hart′s Army list, 1902
3. "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
4. "Lt.-Col. Frederick Sadleir Brereton".

External links

• Works by Frederick Sadleir Brereton at Project Gutenberg
• Works by Frederick Sadleir Brereton at Faded Page (Canada)
• Works by or about Frederick Sadleir Brereton at the Internet Archive
• The Dacorum Heritage Trust article on F. S. Brereton.
• Who's who 2016 & Who was who article on F. S. Brereton.