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
editBrereton 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
editBrereton 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
editBrereton married Ethel Lamb in 1898 and Isobel Murdoch in 1953.
Bibliography
edit| 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
edit- ^ Paris, Michael (2004). "Over The Top: The Great War and Juvenile Literature in Britain". Praeger. p. 39.
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1902
- ^ "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
- ^ "Lt.-Col. Frederick Sadleir Brereton".