Breem was born in
Kingston, Surrey and was educated at
Westminster School. At the age of 18, he entered the
Indian Army's Officers Training School. In 1945 he was commissioned as an officer of the
Guides Cavalry, the elite cavalry regiment, serving on the North West Frontier in armoured cars. In 1947, following the
Partition of India, Breem returned to England and held a variety of jobs, which included: a labourer in a tannery, an assistant to a veterinary surgeon, and a rent-collector in the East End of London. He joined the library staff of the
Inner Temple, in
London, in 1950. Breem was a founder member of
BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians), and at various times held the offices of: secretary, treasurer, chairman, vice-president, and president in that organization. ==Bibliography==