George Milner Ormerod

Lieutenant Colonel George Milner Ormerod (1879-18 May 1936) was a British army officer who worked for military intelligence and later Chief Constable of East Sussex.

Early life
Oremerod was born in Marylebone, London, the son of physician Joseph Arderne Ormerod and Mary Ellen nee Milner. He was educated at Rugby and The Queen's College, Oxford

Army and Police
Ormerod commissioned in the British Army aged 21 in 1900. In 1912 Ormerod was appointed Assistant Chief Constable of Lancashire but at the outbreak of the first world war he returned to serve in the Army. He was seconded to military intelligence. In 1920 he was appointed Chief Constable of East Sussex.

Family life
Ormerod married Mildred Grace in 1909. Oremerod died on 18 May 1936 in Lewes, Sussex aged 56. At his funeral in Lewes on 22 May 1936 two hundred members of the Police force were present.

Honours and awards
Ormerod was mentioned in dispatches twice and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.