Maurice Tomlin

Major Maurice Hilliard Tomlin OBE (died 10 August 1945^[1]) was a British Army and police officer.

Tomlin was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Green Howards in February 1888.^[2] He was promoted lieutenant and Adjutant in June 1891^[3] and served with the West African Frontier Force on the Niger in 1897–1898, for which he was mentioned in despatches.^[4] He was promoted captain in April 1900^[5] and served with the mounted infantry in the closing stages of the Second Boer War in 1901,^[6] being again mentioned in despatches for gallantry in June 1901^[7] and taking command of a battalion as a Local Major in January 1902.^[8] Following the war, he received a brevet promotion as major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902,^[9] and he was appointed a company commander at Sandhurst in February 1904.^[10][11] He was promoted to the substantive rank of major in March 1907^[12] and retired in July 1907.^[13] In April 1908, however, he became a Brigade Major in the Territorial Force,^[14] serving until 1912.^[15]

Tomlin was appointed a Chief Constable in the Metropolitan Police in December 1912.^[16] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1926 Birthday Honours.^[17] In January 1932 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner "D", responsible for policy and planning.^[18] He retired the following year.

Footnotes

1. Death Notice, The Times, 11 August 1945
2. The London Gazette: no. 25791. p. 1301. 28 February 1888.
3. The London Gazette: no. 26244. p. 196. 12 January 1892.
4. The London Gazette: no. 27082. p. 3253. 23 May 1890.
5. The London Gazette: no. 27227. p. 5554. 7 September 1900.
6. The London Gazette: no. 27300. p. 2198. 29 March 1901.
7. The London Gazette: no. 27437. p. 5485. 20 August 1901.
8. The London Gazette: no. 27413. p. 1542. 4 March 1902.
9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. pp. 4191–4194. 26 June 1902.
10. The London Gazette: no. 27652. p. 1364. 1 March 1904.
11. The London Gazette: no. 27649. p. 1165. 23 February 1904.
12. The London Gazette: no. 28010. p. 2331. 5 April 1907.
13. The London Gazette: no. 28036. p. 4523. 2 July 1907.
14. The London Gazette: no. 28131. p. 3081. 24 April 1908.
15. The London Gazette: no. 28600. p. 2792. 19 April 1912.
16. J. F. Moylan, Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police, 1929, p.316
17. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33179. p. 4411. 2 July 1926.
18. The London Gazette: no. 33794. p. 628. 29 January 1932.