RIMMER J

RIMMER, James

James RIMMER

Regiment: Cheshire Regiment

Rank: Lieutenant

Died: 16 October 1944

Aged: 25

Buried/ Memorial: Faenza, Italy

Address: 55 Woodlands Drive, Hoole

Photograph from “The History of The Cheshire Regiment in the Second World War” by Crookenden

Cheshire Observer 4 November 1944

LIEUT J RIMMER CHESHIRE REGIMENT KILLED

“Mrs James Rimmer, of 55 Woodlands Drive, Hoole, has received official notification that her husband, Lieut James Rimmer, The Cheshire Regiment, has been killed in action. Aged 25, he was a native of Southport, and before joining the Army, shortly before the outbreak of war, was employed in the building trade. He married Miss Dorothy Shepley, of 55 Woodlands Drive, Hoole, 18 months ago.

Lieut Rimmer was in France up to the evacuation from Dunkirk and afterwards served in the Orkneys and Shetlands. He was well known in Southport, his native town, where he was a member of the swimming and rowing clubs, his team winning the inter-shield competition and cup in 1939, promoted by the Southport Sunday School Rowing Association. He was a member of the Mornington road Methodist Church, Southport and was secretary of the Sunday School primary Department.”