Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Sadleir Brereton, CBE (5 August 1872 – 12 August 1957) who often wrote under the name Captain Brereton, was a British

Army An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by ...

medical officer and an author of children's books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.

Early career

Brereton was commissioned into the

Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) was a specialist corps in the British Army which provided medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. On 15 November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army De ...

(RAMC) as a surgeon-lieutenant on 29 January 1896, and was promoted to

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

on 29 January 1899. During the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...

he was attached as a medical officer to the

Scots Guards The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot guards#United Kingdom, Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642 in the Ki ...

. He retired his commission on 22 November 1902, after the end of the war in South Africa.

First World War

Brereton served again in the RAMC during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

with the rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel. In 1919 he was appointed as a Commander of the Portuguese

Order of Aviz The Military Order of Aviz (), known previously to 1910 as the Royal Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz (), and before 1789 as the Knights of Saint Benedict of Aviz () or ''Friars of Santa Maria of Évora'', is one of the four former ancien ...

and a CBE.

Personal life

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

Bibliography

References

External links

* * *
The Dacorum Heritage Trust article on F. S. Brereton.

Who's who 2016 & Who was who article on F. S. Brereton.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brereton, Frederick Sadleir 1872 births 1957 deaths 19th-century British writers 20th-century British writers 20th-century English medical doctors Royal Army Medical Corps officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army personnel of World War I Commanders of the Order of Aviz