John Dickinson Rimmer was born on 21 May 1882 in Southport, Lancashire to Thomas Rimmer and Anne Dickinson John was employed as a Greengrocer prior to enlisting. He married Isabella Halsall in 1912. John served in the Army as a Gunner in WW1, service no. 188922 and died on 09 December 1916 in Fulwood, Lancashire, England. He was buried 14 December 1916 in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Churchtown, Southport.