| 词条 | Arthur Charles Rothery Nutt |
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|honorific_prefix=Lieutenant-Colonel |honorific_suffix=DSO |name= Arthur Charles Rothery Nutt |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |birth_date= {{Birth date|df=yes|1873|03|19}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1946|06|21|1873|03|19}} |birth_place= Kensington, London |death_place= Parkstone, Dorset |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= {{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= |rank= Lieutenant-Colonel |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= 52nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Artillery 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division |battles= North-West Frontier First World War |awards= Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches |relations= |laterwork= }}Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Charles Rothery Nutt DSO (19 March 1873 – 21 June 1946) was an officer[1] in the Royal Artillery[2] who invented the artillery miniature range.[3][4] Early lifeNutt 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). He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,[5][6] being commissioned as a second lieutenant on 16 March 1893.[6] Military serviceNutt served on the North-West Frontier of India 1897–98 (medal with two clasps for the Punjab Frontier and the Tirah Campaign).[7] During World War I, then Major Nutt was the Officer Commanding 52nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. 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. His battery by the end of the day achieved the highest expenditure of ammunition in the whole division, at 183 rounds per gun, a remarkable feet of resupply'.[8] 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'.[9] Nutt was taken as a prisoner of war on 27 August 1914, was moved into internment in Switzerland on 27 December 1917 eventually repatriated on 23 December 1918.[10] Nutt was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[11] Artillery miniature rangeNutt 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'.[4] It is known that a Nutt Range was installed at Okehampton Artillery Camp.[12] Military life after World War INutt later commanded the Royal Artillery, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (Territorial Army).[2] Family lifeIn 1896 Nutt married Constance Helen Burness. They had two children. He married secondly, Isabel, the widow at the time of his death in Parkstone, Dorset on 21 June 1946.[13] References1. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31936/supplement/6436/data.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Nutt, Arthur Charles Rothery}}2. ^1 Who's Who 1935, Published by A&C Black Ltd 1935 3. ^The Harpur Trust 1552–1973, by Joyce Godber, 1973 4. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Sir Martin Farndale|author2=Basil Perronet Hughes|authorlink1=Martin Farndale|title=History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Between the wars, 1919–39|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=APMKVNzxKsPnaM7qgsAI&id=6dpmAAAAMAAJ&dq=Nutt+Artillery+Miniature+Range&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Nutt+|date=1996|publisher=Royal Artillery Institution}} 5. ^Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red, Andrew Underwood 1981 6. ^1 {{London Gazette|issue=26388|date=4 April 1893|page=2080}} 7. ^UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls 1793–1949 8. ^Gentlemen, We Will Stand and Fight, by Anthony Bird. Published by The Crowood Press Limited, 2008 9. ^Challenge of Battle: the Real Story of the British Army in 1914, by Adrian Gilbert, Osprey Publishing, 2013 10. ^"List of British Officers taken prisoner in the various theatres of war between August 1914, and November, 1918" published by Cox & Co 11. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31936/supplement/6436/data.pdf 12. ^https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/39826/Okehampton_Camp.pdf 13. ^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858–1966 8 : 1946 deaths|British Army personnel of World War I|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|People educated at Bedford Modern School|Royal Artillery officers|1873 births|World War I prisoners of war held by Germany|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
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