Kimmins was born in
Hendon,
Middlesex (now North
London), the son of psychologist
Charles William Kimmins and Dame
Grace Kimmins. He was the older brother of
Anthony Kimmins. After graduating from the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich on 28 September 1917, Kimmins was
commissioned as a
second lieutenant into the
Royal Field Artillery of the
British Army, during the latter phases of the
First World War. After the war he served in
India and
Egypt and became
aide-de-camp to the
High Commissioner for Egypt and the
Sudan in 1928. and became
adjutant at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1930 and
brigade major for the
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division's
147th Infantry Brigade in 1935. He was then, after being promoted to the acting rank of colonel and brigadier in December 1941, ==Bibliography==