Maurice Tomlin

Who is Maurice Tomlin?

Major Maurice Hilliard Tomlin OBE 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. He was promoted Lieutenant and Adjutant in June 1891 and served with the West African Frontier Force on the Niger in 1897–1898, for which he was mentioned in despatches. He was promoted Captain in April 1900 and served with the mounted infantry in the closing stages of the Second Boer War in 1901, being again mentioned in despatches for gallantry in June 1901 and taking command of a battalion as a Local Major in January 1902. As a Brevet Major he was appointed a company commander at Sandhurst in February 1904. He was promoted substantive Major in March 1907 and retired in July 1907. In April 1908, however, he became a Brigade Major in the Territorial Force, serving until 1912.

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