George William Cornish

Born in Westbury, Wiltshire^[2][1] and initially working as a farmer,^[1] he first joined the Met on its H (Whitechapel) Division on 4 March 1895.^[1][3] His first major case was the investigation into the 1913 Great Pearl Robbery, during which he was a 1st Class Detective Sergeant.^[4] He was also involved in that into the Charing Cross Trunk Murder as a Detective Chief Inspector in 1927.^[4] He retired on 1 October 1933 at the rank of Detective Superintendent^[5][3] and published his memoirs two years later.^[6][7]