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Born in [[Westbury, Wiltshire]]<ref name=”Westbury></ref><ref name=”Cert”></ref> and initially working as a farmer,<ref name=”Cert”>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C210791|title=Certificate of Service Records – Numerical registers of police warrant nos.: 80201 – 80400, page 98|work=[[The National Archives]]}}</ref> he first joined the Met on its [[Police_division#Metropolitan_Police_divisions,_1829–1999|H (Whitechapel) Division]] on 4 March 1895.<ref name=”Cert”></ref><ref name=”Leavers>{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13365876|title=Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police (MEPO 4/349/97)|work=The National Archives}}</ref> His first major case was the investigation into the [[Great Pearl Robbery]], during which he was a 1st Class Detective Sergeant.<ref name=”Time”>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/archive/6896069/books-drudgery-of-detection/|title=Books: ”Drudgery of Detection”|date=8 July 1933|work=Time}}</ref> He was also involved in that into the [[Charing Cross Trunk Murder]] as a Detective Chief Inspector in 1927.<ref name=”Time”></ref> He retired on 1 October 1933<ref>’MURDER WIZARD TO RETIRE’, ”[[Daily Mirror]]”, 1 September 1933</ref><ref name=”Leavers></ref> and published his memoirs two years later.<ref>{{citebook|first=George William|last=Cornish|title=Cornish of the Yard|year=1935|publisher=John Lane The Bodley Head|place=London}}</ref><ref>{{citebook|first=George William|last=Cornish|title=Cornish of Scotland Yard|url=https://archive.org/details/cornishofscotlan0000gwco|year=1935|publisher=Macmillan Company|place=New York}}</ref> |
Born in [[Westbury, Wiltshire]]<ref name=”Westbury></ref><ref name=”Cert”></ref> and initially working as a farmer,<ref name=”Cert”>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C210791|title=Certificate of Service Records – Numerical registers of police warrant nos.: 80201 – 80400, page 98|work=[[The National Archives]]}}</ref> he first joined the Met on its [[Police_division#Metropolitan_Police_divisions,_1829–1999|H (Whitechapel) Division]] on 4 March 1895.<ref name=”Cert”></ref><ref name=”Leavers>{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13365876|title=Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police (MEPO 4/349/97)|work=The National Archives}}</ref> His first major case was the investigation into the [[Great Pearl Robbery]], during which he was a 1st Class Detective Sergeant.<ref name=”Time”>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/archive/6896069/books-drudgery-of-detection/|title=Books: ”Drudgery of Detection”|date=8 July 1933|work=Time}}</ref> He was also involved in that into the [[Charing Cross Trunk Murder]] as a Detective Chief Inspector in 1927.<ref name=”Time”></ref> He retired on 1 October 1933<ref>’MURDER WIZARD TO RETIRE’, ”[[Daily Mirror]]”, 1 September 1933</ref><ref name=”Leavers></ref> and published his memoirs two years later.<ref>{{citebook|first=George William|last=Cornish|title=Cornish of the Yard|year=1935|publisher=John Lane The Bodley Head|place=London}}</ref><ref>{{citebook|first=George William|last=Cornish|title=Cornish of Scotland Yard|url=https://archive.org/details/cornishofscotlan0000gwco|year=1935|publisher=Macmillan Company|place=New York}}</ref> |
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George William Cornish (20 October 1873[1] – 6 February 1959[2]) was an English police detective with the Metropolitan Police.
Life
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[5][3] and published his memoirs two years later.[6][7]
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