Major Maurice Hilliard Tomlin OBE (28 June 1868[1][2] – 10 August 1945)[3] was a British Army and police officer.

Tomlin was born in Brompton, London to John Leonard Tomlin and Frances Elizabeth Tomlin.[4] He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Green Howards in February 1888.[5] He was promoted lieutenant and Adjutant in June 1891[6] and served with the West African Frontier Force on the Niger in 1897–1898, for which he was mentioned in despatches.[7] He was promoted captain in April 1900[8] and served with the mounted infantry in the closing stages of the Second Boer War in 1901,[9] being again mentioned in despatches for gallantry in June 1901[10] and taking command of a battalion as a Local Major in January 1902.[11] Following the end of the war, he received a brevet promotion as major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[12] and returned to the United Kingdom on the SS Briton three months later.[13] He was appointed a company commander at Sandhurst in February 1904.[14][15] He was promoted to the substantive rank of major in March 1907[16] and retired in July 1907.[17] In April 1908, however, he became a brigade major in the Territorial Force,[18] serving until 1912.[19]

Tomlin was appointed a Chief Constable in the Metropolitan Police in December 1912.[20] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1926 Birthday Honours.[21] In January 1932 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner "D", responsible for policy and planning.[22] He retired the following year.

Footnotes

  1. ^ UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962
  2. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. ^ Death Notice, The Times, 11 August 1945
  4. ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
  5. ^ "No. 25791". The London Gazette. 28 February 1888. p. 1301.
  6. ^ "No. 26244". The London Gazette. 12 January 1892. p. 196.
  7. ^ "No. 27082". The London Gazette. 23 May 1890. p. 3253.
  8. ^ "No. 27227". The London Gazette. 7 September 1900. p. 5554.
  9. ^ "No. 27300". The London Gazette. 29 March 1901. p. 2198.
  10. ^ "No. 27437". The London Gazette. 20 August 1901. p. 5485.
  11. ^ "No. 27413". The London Gazette. 4 March 1902. p. 1542.
  12. ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. pp. 4191–4194.
  13. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36875. London. 17 September 1902. p. 5.
  14. ^ "No. 27652". The London Gazette. 1 March 1904. p. 1364.
  15. ^ "No. 27649". The London Gazette. 23 February 1904. p. 1165.
  16. ^ "No. 28010". The London Gazette. 5 April 1907. p. 2331.
  17. ^ "No. 28036". The London Gazette. 2 July 1907. p. 4523.
  18. ^ "No. 28131". The London Gazette. 24 April 1908. p. 3081.
  19. ^ "No. 28600". The London Gazette. 19 April 1912. p. 2792.
  20. ^ J. F. Moylan, Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police, 1929, p. 316
  21. ^ "No. 33179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1926. p. 4411.
  22. ^ "No. 33794". The London Gazette. 29 January 1932. p. 628.
Police appointments Preceded byNorman KendalAssistant Commissioner "L" Assistant Commissioner "D", Metropolitan Police 1932–1933 Succeeded byPercy Laurie
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