Frederick Sadleir Brereton
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Frederick Sadleir Brereton CBE (5 August 1872 – 12 August 1957) was a decorated soldier and an author of children's books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.[1] Brereton was a prolific author. By the time he died he had written over 40 books.
First World War
Brereton served 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.[2]
Personal life
Brereton married Ethel Lamb in 1898 and Isobel Murdoch in 1953.
Bibliography
Title | Year | Publisher | Main character | Notes |
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With Rifle and Bayonet: A Story of the Boer War | 1900 | Blackie and Sons | ||
With Shield and Assegai: A Tale of the Zulu War | 1900 | Blackie and Sons | ||
A Gallant Grenadier: A Tale of the Crimean War | 1901 | Blackie and Sons | ||
In the Grip of the Mullah: A Tale of Adventure in Somaliland | 1903 | Charles Scribner's Sons | ||
Indian and Scout: A Tale of Gold Rush to California | 1905 | Blackie and Sons | ||
Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War | 1905 | Stitt Publishing Company | ||
Jones of the 64th: A Tale of the Battles of Assaye and Laswaree | 1907 | Blackie and Sons | ||
Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico | 1907 | Blackie and Sons | ||
How Canada Was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec | 1908 | |||
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 | |||
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 Sons | ||
The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal | 1912 | Blackie and Sons | ||
Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia | 1912 | Blackie and Sons | ||
A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration | 1913 | Blackie and Sons | ||
King of Ranleigh: A School Story | 1913 | S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. | ||
The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure | 1914 | Blackie and Sons | ||
With the Dyaks of Borneo: A Tale of the Head Hunters | 1914 | Blackie and Sons | ||
With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula | 1914 | Blackie and Sons | ||
Under French's Command | 1915 | |||
With Joffre at Verdun: A Story of the Western Front | 1916 | Blackie and Sons | ||
With Our Russian Allies | 1916 | Blackie and Sons | 376 pages | |
On the Road to Bagdad: A Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris | 1917 | Blackie and Sons | ||
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
External links
- Works by Frederick Sadleir Brereton at Project Gutenberg
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- [1], The Dacorum Heritage Trust article on F. S. Brereton.
- [2], Who's who 2016 & Who was who article on F. S. Brereton.
Categories:
- Articles with Internet Archive links
- 1872 births
- 1957 deaths
- 19th-century British writers
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- Commanders of the Order of Aviz
- British military personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 20th-century English medical doctors
- 20th-century British writers