Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Sadleir Brereton,

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(5 August 1872 – 12 August 1957) who often wrote under the name Captain Brereton, was a British

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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) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps a ...

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

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on 29 January 1899. During the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

he was attached as a medical officer to the

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. 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 (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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 Saint Benedict of Aviz ( pt, Ordem Militar de São Bento de Avis, ), previously to 1910 ''Royal Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz'' ( pt, Real Ordem Militar de São Bento de Avis), previously to 1789 ''Knights'' (of ...

and a

Personal life

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

Bibliography

References

External links

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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 British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel of the Second Boer War Commanders of the Order of Aviz Royal Army Medical Corps officers