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Sjt. George Atkin Rimmer MM.
British Army 2nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:83 Hilton Street, Wolverhampton
George Atkin Rimmer served with the Royal Engineers. He was was originally from Widnes, the son of James Rimmer and Jane (nee Beech). He enlisted at Wolverhampton on 15th July 1912 and was discharged on 14th July 1928. He was awarded the Military medal in 1916 with his name appearing in the London Gazette on 11th November 1916, the reason for him being awarded the medal, at this moment, is unknown. He was also awarded the India General Service medal with a clasp for the Third Afghan war of 1919.
After leaving the army he became a civil engineer working in Sierra Leone for a number of years building bridges. On the 8th February 1932 he married Phyllis Mary Jones at Birmingham Registry Office, they had one son, John George Rimmer (my wife’s father) He died on the 1st February 1939 from Tuberculosis.
