Background
Nutt was born in London in 1873, the son of William Henry Rothery Nutt, an official of the Bank of England, and his wife Kathleen Laura (née Bloxham).
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Arthur Nutt
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He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, being commissioned as a second lieutenant on 16 March 1893.
Career
Nutt served on the North-West Frontier of India 1897-1898 (medal with two clasps for the Punjab Frontier and the Tirah Campaign). During World War I, Nutt was a Commander of the 52nd Battery. At the Battle of Le Cateau it was reported that ‘The Officer in the OP of 52 Battery (Major Nutt) was still controlling the fire of his battery although shot through the throat.
He was only able to whisper his fire orders.
In his book, "Challenge of Battle:the real story of the British Army in 1914", Adrian Gilbert states that "A suggestion that the battery should retire was categorically rebuffed". Nutt was taken as a prisoner of war eventually repatriated on 23 December 1918.
Nutt invented his artillery range as a prisoner of war ".whose whirring and complicated machinery reproduced exactly the result of the fire orders given in the form of tiny puffs of cigarette smoke or shrapnel air-bursts of cotton wool let down on strings’. lieutenant is known that a Nutt Range was installed at Okehampton Artillery Camp.
Nutt later commanded the Royal Artillery, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (Territorial Army).
In 1896 Nutt married Constance Helen Burness.
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June 21, 1946 (aged 73)