Michael Rimington, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMichael Rimington
British Army general
Date of Birth: 23-May-1858
Date of Death: 19-Dec-1928
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Michael Rimington
- Lieutenant General Sir Michael Frederic Rimington, (23 May 1858 – 19 December 1928) was a British Army officer who commanded cavalry forces in the Second Boer War and First World War.
- After early service with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, "Mike" Rimington was given command of an irregular cavalry force in South Africa, known as "Rimington's Guides".
- He commanded them for a year before taking command of his regular regiment, and later a cavalry brigade.
- In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, he commanded the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and then the Indian Cavalry Corps on the Western Front, before retiring to home-service duties in 1916.
- He had one son, Reginald, who followed his father into the 6th Dragoons; he rose to command an armoured brigade in 1941, and was killed in North Africa.
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