Background
Brims was born and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, but was educated at Winchester College.
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Brims was born and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, but was educated at Winchester College.
Winchester College.
He was Commander of the Field Army at Land Command from 2005 to 2007. Brims was commissioned into The Light Infantry in 1970. After various military appointments he took command of 3rd Battalion The Light Infantry in 1989.
He then took up an appointment at the Ministry of Defence before taking command of 24 Airmobile Brigade in December 1994 deploying to Bosnia as part of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps the following year.
He was appointed Commander of the Multi-National Division (South-West) in Bosnia in 2000 after which he became General Officer Commanding 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in November 2000, deploying to Iraq in 2003. He became Commander of the Field Army later that year and retired from active duty in January 2008.