in the 1923 New Year Honours. In June 1933, Laurie was appointed Assistant Commissioner "D", responsible for policy and planning. In this post, he planned the policing for the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Laurie's own horse, Quicksilver, was a favourite of Londoners. Laurie acquired him in France in April 1916 and he was slightly wounded by shrapnel at the Battle of the Somme. He bore his master on every state occasion from 1919 until Laurie's retirement in July 1936. Laurie also established the Metropolitan Police Athletic Association. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1935 New Year Honours. On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Laurie came out of retirement to serve as Assistant Chief Constable of the War Department Constabulary. In July 1940 he was appointed Provost-Marshal of the United Kingdom with the rank of Brigadier and served in this post, being promoted to the local rank of Major-General in July 1942, until July 1943, when he once again retired. This followed his suspension for ration book offences after he obtained Army ration cards as well as his civilian ration book. He was convicted and fined, although his conviction was later quashed on appeal after the Appeals Committee accepted he had simply made a mistake. He was reinstated, but he then asked to retire and was granted the honorary rank of Brigadier. From 1939 to 1946 he was also Land Tax and Income Tax Commissioner for Wiltshire and was County Welfare Officer for the Wiltshire Army Cadet Force from 1944 to 1946. He was a Justice of the Peace from 1933. Footnotes References Obituary, The Times, 17 February 1962 Biography, Who Was Who C. Digby Planck, The Shiny Seventh: History of the 7th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment, London: Old Comrades' Association, 1946/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, External links Photographic portraits of Laurie in the National Portrait Gallery Generals of World War II 1880 births 1962 deaths People from Sevenoaks People educated at Harrow School Royal Scots Greys officers British Army personnel of World War I British Army generals of World War II Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis British police chief officers Royal Military Police officers Army Cadet Force officers Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the