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] As a Brevet Major he was appointed a company commander at Sandhurst in February 1904.[9][10] He was promoted substantive Major in March 1907[11] and retired in July 1907.[12] In April 1908, however, he became a Brigade Major in the Territorial Force,[13] serving until 1912.[14]

Tomlin was appointed a Chief Constable in the Metropolitan Police in December 1912.[15] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1926 Birthday Honours.[16] In January 1932 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner "D", responsible for policy and planning.[17] He retired the following year.

Police appointments
Preceded by
Norman Kendal
Assistant Commissioner "L"		 Assistant Commissioner "D", Metropolitan Police
1931–1932 		Succeeded by
Percy Laurie

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: no. 27652. p. 1364. 1 March 1904.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27649. p. 1165. 23 February 1904.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28010. p. 2331. 5 April 1907.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28036. p. 4523. 2 July 1907.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28131. p. 3081. 24 April 1908.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28600. p. 2792. 19 April 1912.
  15. ↑ J. F. Moylan, Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police, 1929, p.316
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33179. p. 4411. 2 July 1926.
  17. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33794. p. 628. 29 January 1932.