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]
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.
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.[3]
Brereton married Ethel Lamb in 1898 and Isobel Murdoch in 1953.
| 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 | |||