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{{short description|English first class cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
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| country = England
| full_name = Geoffrey Acworth Rimbault
| birth_date = 17 April 1908
| birth_place = [[Streatham]], Surrey, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1991|10|20|1908|4|17}}
| death_place = [[Bovey Tracey]], Devon, England
| nickname =
| family =
| heightft =
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| batting = Right-handed
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| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1934/35
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 31
| bat avg1 = 10.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 16
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 25 April
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19535.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Geoffrey Acworth Rimbault''' {{postnominal|CBE|DSO|MC|DL}} (17 April 1908 – 20 October 1991) was an [[England|English]] first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer. Starting his military career as a [[Non-commissioned officer#United Kingdom|non-commissioned officer]], he was later [[Officer (armed forces)#Commission Sources and Training|commissioned]] in June 1928. He spent the majority of his military career with the [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)]], serving in the [[Second World War]] during which he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]]. He retired from active service in 1961, but served as the Loyal Regiment's final [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)#Regimental Colonels|regimental colonel]] until 1970. During his military career he played [[first-class cricket]] in [[British India]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]], as well as appearing in England for the [[British Army cricket team]]. In later life, he served as a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.

==Life and military career==
The son of Arthur Henry Rimbault, he was born at [[Streatham]] and educated at [[Dulwich College]].<ref name="Officers of the British Army">{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_R02.html#Rimbault_G|title=British Army officer histories|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=2022-08-24}}</ref> From Dulwich he served as a [[Non-commissioned officer#United Kingdom|non-commissioned officer]] in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] with the cavalry squadron in both the [[Inns of Court Regiment]] and the [[The Rangers (British regiment)|12th London Regiment (The Rangers)]].<ref name="Officers of the British Army" /> He became a [[Officer (armed forces)#Commission Sources and Training|commissioned officer]] when he was made a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in The Rangers in June 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33403|date=13 June 1928|page=4735}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)]] in February 1930.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33575|date=31 January 1930|page=652}}</ref> with promotion to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] coming in February 1933.<ref name="Officers of the British Army" /> While serving in [[British Raj|British India]], Rimbault made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular#Bombay Quadrangular|1934–35 Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14443/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Rimbault |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 May 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was appointed as a staff captain to British Troops in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] and [[Emirate of Transjordan|Transjordan]] in September 1936,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34405|date=8 June 1937|page=3665}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in November of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34338|date=6 November 1936|page=7123}}</ref> Returning to England, he was appointed as an instructor at the [[Small Arms School Corps|Small Arms School]] at [[Hythe, Kent]] in May 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34516|date=3 June 1938|page=3564}}</ref> He made a second appearance in first-class cricket in the same year, appearing for the [[British Army cricket team]] against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] at [[Fenner's]].<ref name="FCM"/> He was promoted to rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in August 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34538|date=5 August 1938|page=5032|supp=y}}</ref>

==World War II and later life==
Rimbault served with the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) during the [[Second World War]], seeing action in [[Tunisian campaign|North Africa]], [[Battle of Anzio|Anzio]], [[Italian campaign (World War II)|Italy]] and [[Mandatory Palestine#World War II|Palestine]].<ref name="Officers of the British Army" /> He held several commands during the course of the war, including as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion The Loyal Regiment.<ref name="Officers of the British Army" /> He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in the [[1945 Birthday Honours]] for gallant and distinguished service during the Italian campaign.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37151|date=26 June 1945|page=3375|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] after the war in July 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37635|date=28 June 1946|page=3373|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in July 1951,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39397|date=27 November 1951|page=6239|supp=y}}</ref> with him obtaining the full rank in August 1952.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39717|date=12 December 1952|page=6002|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[1954 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40194|date=1 June 1954|page=3309|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in December 1954,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40364|date=28 December 1954|page=7370|supp=y}}</ref> with promotion to the rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]] coming in June 1958.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41426|date=20 June 1958|page=3991|supp=y}}</ref> In February in 1959, he was made the regimental colonel of the Loyal Regiment, a ceremonial position he would hold until 1970.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41626|date=6 February 1959|page=955|supp=y}}</ref>

He retired from active in July 1961, at which point he was placed on the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve of Officers]] list.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=42424|date=28 July 1961|page=5665|supp=y}}</ref> He joined the [[Worshipful Company of Mercers|Mercers' Company]] in 1961, the same year in which he took up the position of director of the [[Army Sport Control Board]].<ref name="Officers of the British Army" /> He exceeded the age for recall in April 1966, upon which he was removed from the list.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43954|date=15 April 1966|page=4723|supp=y}}</ref> He relinquished his ceremonial position as [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)#Regimental Colonels|regimental colonel]] of the Loyal Regiment in March 1970,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45069|date=26 March 1870|page=3636|supp=y}}</ref> at which point the regiment was amalgamated with [[Lancashire Regiment|The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)]] to form the [[Queen's Lancashire Regiment]]. In the same year he was made a [[deputy lieutenant]] of Surrey.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45216|date=20 October 1970|page=11476}}</ref> He was a [[master of the Mercers' Company]] in 1970–71, and relinquished his position as director of the Army Sport Control Board in 1973. He was a life vice-president of [[Surrey County Cricket Club]] and served as its president in 1982–83.<ref name="Officers of the British Army" /> He died at [[Bovey Tracey]] in October 1991, at the age of 83.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_R02.html#Rimbault_G British Army Officers 1939−1945]
*{{cricinfo|id=19535}}

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