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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	The son of Edward Ord Tandy, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Ludhiana\|Loodianah]]. His elder brother was [[Edward Aldborough Tandy]] (who was [[Surveyor General of India]] from 1924–1928),<ref>{{cite news\| work = Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) \|date= 30 January 1929 \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/~~19290130~~/~~100~~/~~0007~~ \| access-date =31 March 2026 ~~\| title = Brigadier E. A. Tandy~~ \| page=7}}</ref><ref ~~name=OCT~~>{{cite news\| work = Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) \|date= 16 January 1929 ~~\|title = Col. O.C. Tandy's work for India~~ \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/~~19290116~~/~~189~~/~~0014~~ \| access-date =31 March 2026 \| page=14}}</ref> his younger brother was [[Ernest Tandy]] (who also served in the [[British Army]] and became a [[first-class cricket]]er). They were descended from [[James Napper Tandy]], an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the [[United Irishmen]].<ref name="HERO">{{cite web\|url=https://ourheroes.southdublin.ie/Serviceman/Show/17415\|title=Lieutenant Colonel (T.) Maurice O'Connor Tandy\|website=www.ourheroes.southdublin.ie\|access-date=15 November 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Tandy was educated in England at [[Tonbridge School]],<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Register of Tonbridge School, from 1820 to 1886\|first=Walter Oldham\|last=Hughes-Hughes\|date=1886\|publisher=I. I. Beecroft\|page=212\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5RQAAAAYAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], where he had the distinction of winning the double bugle whilst a cadet.<ref name="HERO"/> He graduated from there into the [[Royal Engineers]] (RE) as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries\|second lieutenant]] in July 1893.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26428\|date=1 August 1893\|page=4356}}</ref>		The son of Edward Ord Tandy, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Ludhiana\|Loodianah]]. His elder brother was [[Edward Aldborough Tandy]] (who was [[Surveyor General of India]] from 1924–1928),<ref name=OCT>{{cite news\| work = Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) \|date= 16 January 1929 \|title = Col. O.C. Tandy's work for India \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19290116/189/0014 \| access-date =31 March 2026 \| page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| work = Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) \|date= 30 January 1929 \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19290130/100/0007 \| access-date =31 March 2026 \| title = Brigadier E. A. Tandy \| page=7}}</ref> his younger brother was [[Ernest Tandy]] (who also served in the [[British Army]] and became a [[first-class cricket]]er). They were descended from [[James Napper Tandy]], an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the [[United Irishmen]].<ref name="HERO">{{cite web\|url=https://ourheroes.southdublin.ie/Serviceman/Show/17415\|title=Lieutenant Colonel (T.) Maurice O'Connor Tandy\|website=www.ourheroes.southdublin.ie\|access-date=15 November 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Tandy was educated in England at [[Tonbridge School]],<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Register of Tonbridge School, from 1820 to 1886\|first=Walter Oldham\|last=Hughes-Hughes\|date=1886\|publisher=I. I. Beecroft\|page=212\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5RQAAAAYAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], where he had the distinction of winning the double bugle whilst a cadet.<ref name="HERO"/> He graduated from there into the [[Royal Engineers]] (RE) as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries\|second lieutenant]] in July 1893.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26428\|date=1 August 1893\|page=4356}}</ref>

	==Military and surveying career==		==Military and surveying career==
	Tandy was posted to [[British India]] in the Military Works Department in October 1893.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book\|title=The India Office and Burma Office List\|date=1928\|publisher=[[Harrison and Sons]]\|location=[[High Wycombe]]\|page=833\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVkKAAAAIAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] in July 1896,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26767\|date=11 August 1896\|page=4573}}</ref> prior to being appointed as an assistant-superintendent in the [[Survey of India]] (SoI) in January 1900.<ref name="BOOK"/> Later in 1900, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team\|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground\|Poona]] in the 1900–01 [[Bombay Quadrangular\|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14683/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Maurice Tandy\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=15 November 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans first innings by [[Maneksha Bulsara]], while in their second innings he scored an [[not out\|unbeaten]] 64 runs batting at [[Batting order (cricket)#Lower order or tail\|number eleven]], sharing in a 114 runs stand for the tenth wicket with [[William Drysdale]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5588.html\|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1900/01\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=15 November 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Tandy served in the [[Aden Protectorate]] in 1903 and 1904,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage\|first=Walter Oldham\|last=Hughes-Hughes\|date=1921\|publisher=[[Dean & Son]]\|location=[[London]]\|page=1934\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=430rhznNVhoC\|language=en}}</ref> and was appointed to be a deputy-superintendent in the SoI in March 1910.<ref name="BOOK"/> Three years later, in July 1913, he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28740\|date=25 July 1913\|page=5323}}</ref>		Tandy was posted to [[British India]] in the Military Works Department in October 1893.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book\|title=The India Office and Burma Office List\|date=1928\|publisher=[[Harrison and Sons]]\|location=[[High Wycombe]]\|page=833\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVkKAAAAIAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] in July 1896,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26767\|date=11 August 1896\|page=4573}}</ref> prior to being appointed as an assistant-superintendent in the [[Survey of India]] (SoI) in January 1900.<ref name="BOOK"/> Later in 1900, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team\|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground\|Poona]] in the 1900–01 [[Bombay Quadrangular\|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14683/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Maurice Tandy\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=15 November 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans first innings by [[Maneksha Bulsara]], while in their second innings he scored an [[not out\|unbeaten]] 64 runs batting at [[Batting order (cricket)#Lower order or tail\|number eleven]], sharing in a 114 runs stand for the tenth wicket with [[William Drysdale]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5588.html\|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1900/01\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=15 November 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Tandy served in the [[Aden Protectorate]] in 1903 and 1904,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage\|first=Walter Oldham\|last=Hughes-Hughes\|date=1921\|publisher=[[Dean & Son]]\|location=[[London]]\|page=1934\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=430rhznNVhoC\|language=en}}</ref> and was appointed to be a deputy-superintendent in the SoI in March 1910.<ref name="BOOK"/> Three years later, in July 1913, he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28740\|date=25 July 1913\|page=5323}}</ref>

	Tandy served with the REs during the [[First World War]], being wounded in action at the [[Battle of Loos]] in 1915. Following his recovery, he was employed with [[tank]]s and went to Mesopotamian in 1916.<ref name="HERO"/> It was for his service in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] that he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) in February 1918 and [[mentioned in dispatches]];<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news\|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001445/19180216/025/0002\|title=Local items\|work=Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal\|location=[[Drogheda]]\|page=2\|date=16 February 1918\|access-date=14 November 2023\|url-access=subscription\|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30514\|date=5 February 1918\|page=1801\|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30570\|date=8 March 1918\|page=3114\|supp=y}}</ref> his two brothers also received the DSO during the war.<ref name="NEWS"/> A month prior to the end of the war, he was appointed an acting [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]],<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30609\|date=2 April 1918\|page=4080\|supp=y}}</ref> later relinquishing the rank following the war, in April 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31436\|date=4 July 1919\|page=8510\|supp=y}}</ref> He was made an [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the [[1919 Birthday Honours (OBE)\|1919 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31374\|date=30 March 1919\|page=6962\|supp=y}}</ref> and shortly after served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] from May to August 1919, during which he was mentioned in dispatches.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{London Gazette\|issue=32002\|date=30 July 1920\|page=8056\|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]] in January 1921,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32179\|date=1 January 1921\|page=14}}</ref> with his appointment to superintendent in the SoI following in October 1924. Two years later, he was appointed as a director, initially as Director of Frontier Surveys.<ref name=~~"BOOK"~~/><ref name=~~OCT~~/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]] in January 1921 and to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|colonel]] in December 1927.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33338\|date=16 December 1927\|page=8053}}</ref> Tandy retired from the RE and the SoI in December 1928, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|brigadier]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33451\|date=28 December 1928\|page=8539}}</ref>		Tandy served with the REs during the [[First World War]], being wounded in action at the [[Battle of Loos]] in 1915. Following his recovery, he was employed with [[tank]]s and went to Mesopotamian in 1916.<ref name="HERO"/> It was for his service in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] that he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) in February 1918 and [[mentioned in dispatches]];<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news\|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001445/19180216/025/0002\|title=Local items\|work=Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal\|location=[[Drogheda]]\|page=2\|date=16 February 1918\|access-date=14 November 2023\|url-access=subscription\|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30514\|date=5 February 1918\|page=1801\|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30570\|date=8 March 1918\|page=3114\|supp=y}}</ref> his two brothers also received the DSO during the war.<ref name="NEWS"/> A month prior to the end of the war, he was appointed an acting [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]],<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30609\|date=2 April 1918\|page=4080\|supp=y}}</ref> later relinquishing the rank following the war, in April 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31436\|date=4 July 1919\|page=8510\|supp=y}}</ref> He was made an [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the [[1919 Birthday Honours (OBE)\|1919 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31374\|date=30 March 1919\|page=6962\|supp=y}}</ref> and shortly after served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] from May to August 1919, during which he was mentioned in dispatches.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{London Gazette\|issue=32002\|date=30 July 1920\|page=8056\|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]] in January 1921,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32179\|date=1 January 1921\|page=14}}</ref> with his appointment to superintendent in the SoI following in October 1924. Two years later, he was appointed as a director, initially as Director of Frontier Surveys.<ref name=OCT/><ref name="BOOK"/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]] in January 1921 and to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|colonel]] in December 1927.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33338\|date=16 December 1927\|page=8053}}</ref> Tandy retired from the RE and the SoI in December 1928, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|brigadier]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33451\|date=28 December 1928\|page=8539}}</ref>

	Upon his return to the United Kingdom, he became an instructor of surveying at [[Worcester College, Oxford\|Worcester College]] at the [[University of Oxford]] for thirteen years.<ref name="GEO">{{cite journal\|journal=The Geographical Journal\|date=1942\|publisher=[[Royal Geographical Society]]\|location=London\|page=288\|volume=99–100\|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1788871?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\|access-date=30 March 2026\|title=Obituary: Colonel Maurice O'Connor Tandy, D.S.O., O.B.E., Late R.E.\|language=en}}</ref> Tandy lived his final years in [[Oxford]] at his residence on the [[Banbury Road]],<ref>{{cite book\|title=Europa\|publisher=Europa Publications Limited\|location=London\|page=809\|volume=2\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m05IAQAAIAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> where he died following a short illness in April 1942.<ref name="GEO"/>		Upon his return to the United Kingdom, he became an instructor of surveying at [[Worcester College, Oxford\|Worcester College]] at the [[University of Oxford]] for thirteen years.<ref name="GEO">{{cite journal\|journal=The Geographical Journal\|date=1942\|publisher=[[Royal Geographical Society]]\|location=London\|page=288\|volume=99–100\|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1788871?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\|access-date=30 March 2026\|title=Obituary: Colonel Maurice O'Connor Tandy, D.S.O., O.B.E., Late R.E.\|language=en}}</ref> Tandy lived his final years in [[Oxford]] at his residence on the [[Banbury Road]],<ref>{{cite book\|title=Europa\|publisher=Europa Publications Limited\|location=London\|page=809\|volume=2\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m05IAQAAIAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> where he died following a short illness in April 1942.<ref name="GEO"/>

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{{short description|Irish cricketer, surveyor and soldier}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Maurice Tandy
| image = Maurice Tandy -1913.png
| caption = Maurice Tandy in 1913
| country = England
| full_name = Maurice O'Connor Tandy
| birth_date = 17 November 1873
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana|Loodianah]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|4|18|1873|11|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Oxford]], [[Oxfordshire]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[Ernest Tandy]] (brother)
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1900/01
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 65
| bat avg1 = 65.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 64[[not out|*]]
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 13 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/maurice-tandy-35368 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Maurice O'Connor Tandy''' {{postnominal|OBE|DSO}} (17 November 1873 – 18 April 1942) was an Irish first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer. He was best known for his 28-year service with the [[Survey of India]], in which he served as a director from 1926 to 1928, on his retirement he was Director of the Geodetic Branch at [[Dehra Dun]].<ref name=OCT/>

==Early life==
The son of Edward Ord Tandy, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Ludhiana|Loodianah]]. His elder brother was [[Edward Aldborough Tandy]] (who was [[Surveyor General of India]] from 1924–1928),<ref>{{cite news| work = Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) |date= 30 January 1929 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19290130/100/0007 | access-date =31 March 2026 | title = Brigadier E. A. Tandy | page=7}}</ref><ref name=OCT>{{cite news| work = Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) |date= 16 January 1929 |title = Col. O.C. Tandy's work for India |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19290116/189/0014 | access-date =31 March 2026 | page=14}}</ref> his younger brother was [[Ernest Tandy]] (who also served in the [[British Army]] and became a [[first-class cricket]]er). They were descended from [[James Napper Tandy]], an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the [[United Irishmen]].<ref name="HERO">{{cite web|url=https://ourheroes.southdublin.ie/Serviceman/Show/17415|title=Lieutenant Colonel (T.) Maurice O'Connor Tandy|website=www.ourheroes.southdublin.ie|access-date=15 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Tandy was educated in England at [[Tonbridge School]],<ref>{{cite book|title=The Register of Tonbridge School, from 1820 to 1886|first=Walter Oldham|last=Hughes-Hughes|date=1886|publisher=I. I. Beecroft|page=212|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5RQAAAAYAAJ|language=en}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], where he had the distinction of winning the double bugle whilst a cadet.<ref name="HERO"/> He graduated from there into the [[Royal Engineers]] (RE) as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in July 1893.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26428|date=1 August 1893|page=4356}}</ref>

==Military and surveying career==
Tandy was posted to [[British India]] in the Military Works Department in October 1893.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The India Office and Burma Office List|date=1928|publisher=[[Harrison and Sons]]|location=[[High Wycombe]]|page=833|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVkKAAAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in July 1896,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26767|date=11 August 1896|page=4573}}</ref> prior to being appointed as an assistant-superintendent in the [[Survey of India]] (SoI) in January 1900.<ref name="BOOK"/> Later in 1900, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in the 1900–01 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14683/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Maurice Tandy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans first innings by [[Maneksha Bulsara]], while in their second innings he scored an [[not out|unbeaten]] 64 runs batting at [[Batting order (cricket)#Lower order or tail|number eleven]], sharing in a 114 runs stand for the tenth wicket with [[William Drysdale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5588.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1900/01|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Tandy served in the [[Aden Protectorate]] in 1903 and 1904,<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage|first=Walter Oldham|last=Hughes-Hughes|date=1921|publisher=[[Dean & Son]]|location=[[London]]|page=1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=430rhznNVhoC|language=en}}</ref> and was appointed to be a deputy-superintendent in the SoI in March 1910.<ref name="BOOK"/> Three years later, in July 1913, he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28740|date=25 July 1913|page=5323}}</ref>

Tandy served with the REs during the [[First World War]], being wounded in action at the [[Battle of Loos]] in 1915. Following his recovery, he was employed with [[tank]]s and went to Mesopotamian in 1916.<ref name="HERO"/> It was for his service in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] that he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) in February 1918 and [[mentioned in dispatches]];<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001445/19180216/025/0002|title=Local items|work=Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal|location=[[Drogheda]]|page=2|date=16 February 1918|access-date=14 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30514|date=5 February 1918|page=1801|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30570|date=8 March 1918|page=3114|supp=y}}</ref> his two brothers also received the DSO during the war.<ref name="NEWS"/> A month prior to the end of the war, he was appointed an acting [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30609|date=2 April 1918|page=4080|supp=y}}</ref> later relinquishing the rank following the war, in April 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31436|date=4 July 1919|page=8510|supp=y}}</ref> He was made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the [[1919 Birthday Honours (OBE)|1919 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31374|date=30 March 1919|page=6962|supp=y}}</ref> and shortly after served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] from May to August 1919, during which he was mentioned in dispatches.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{London Gazette|issue=32002|date=30 July 1920|page=8056|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in January 1921,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32179|date=1 January 1921|page=14}}</ref> with his appointment to superintendent in the SoI following in October 1924. Two years later, he was appointed as a director, initially as Director of Frontier Surveys.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref name=OCT/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in January 1921 and to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in December 1927.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33338|date=16 December 1927|page=8053}}</ref> Tandy retired from the RE and the SoI in December 1928, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33451|date=28 December 1928|page=8539}}</ref>

Upon his return to the United Kingdom, he became an instructor of surveying at [[Worcester College, Oxford|Worcester College]] at the [[University of Oxford]] for thirteen years.<ref name="GEO">{{cite journal|journal=The Geographical Journal|date=1942|publisher=[[Royal Geographical Society]]|location=London|page=288|volume=99–100|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1788871?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents|access-date=30 March 2026|title=Obituary: Colonel Maurice O'Connor Tandy, D.S.O., O.B.E., Late R.E.|language=en}}</ref> Tandy lived his final years in [[Oxford]] at his residence on the [[Banbury Road]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Europa|publisher=Europa Publications Limited|location=London|page=809|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m05IAQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> where he died following a short illness in April 1942.<ref name="GEO"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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