Education
University of Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh.
Educated at Morrison"s Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, Rimmer joined the Royal air Force in 1972. He became Head of the Royal Air Force Presentation Team in 1989, Station Commander at Royal Air Force Cottesmore in 1990 and Senior United Kingdom Military Officer at the Western European Union in 1992. He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1999 and Commander British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in 2000 before retiring in 2003.