Frederick Sadleir Brereton

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	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
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
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	–	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
Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia	1912	Blackie and Son
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
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

↑ Paris, Michael (2004). "Over The Top: The Great War and Juvenile Literature in Britain". Praeger. p. 39.
↑ "Lt.-Col. Frederick Sadleir Brereton".

External links

Works by Frederick Sadleir Brereton at Project Gutenberg
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.

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[1] Paris, Michael (2004). "Over The Top: The Great War and Juvenile Literature in Britain". Praeger. p. 39.

[2] "Lt.-Col. Frederick Sadleir Brereton".