Major Maurice Hilliard Tomlin, OBE (28 June 1868 – 10 August 1945) was a British Army and police officer. Tomlin was born in Brompton, London to John Leonard Tomlin and Frances Elizabeth Tomlin.He 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. Following the end of the war, he receive