George Abbiss

[4] By June 1929, when he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Metropolitan Police Centenary Honours,[5] he was a superintendent, and he was promoted chief constable in 1930.

For several years he served as commandant of the Police Training School at Peel House.

[6] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1933 Birthday Honours[7] and promoted deputy assistant commissioner on 30 September 1933.

1 District, consisting of A (Whitehall), B (Westminster), C (St James's), T (Hammersmith) and V (Wandsworth) Divisions.

[10][11] He is considered responsible for the invention and subsequent adoption of the 999 emergency phone number, and also the proliferation of the blue police boxes which later spread across the country.