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

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 Internet Archive
• The Dacorum Heritage Trust article on F. S. Brereton.
• Who's who 2016 & Who was who article on F. S. Brereton.