Maurice Tomlin

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.

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