Quite a shadowy figure, and little is available on him online. His TNA file might yield more.
1894 born Berlin . His father was a manager of inland shipping in Germany
1911 census at Boyne House, College Rd, Cheltenham. He is at Boarding School. born Berlin
1917 Jan 6 Beds Regt, "The following Officers joined the Bn: ... Capt. H.M. Tyler [Hector Malcolm TYLER] (12th Sussex).
1917 Jan 14. Beds Regt " Captain Tyler [Hector Malcolm TYLER] left the Bn being posted Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry."
1922 Mar 27. enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as a Major.
1926 Dec 10 leaves UK for Sudan. He is in Political Service
1929 Jun 29 arrived in UK from Sudan. Going to Barn Mead, Forrest Row, Sussex. He is in Political Service
1932 retired
1938 May marries in Exeter to Ada Bessant (1909–1960)
1938 Oct 7 Leaves for Czechoslovakia to forn part of a special police operation in the plebiscite area
1968 Jul/Sep died Isle of Wight