Charles William Nutting | |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1889 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Navy (1915–18) Royal Air Force (1918–42) |
Serviceyears: | 1915-42 |
Rank: | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands: | No. 3 Flying Training School (1932–37) RAF Hal Far (1929–31) |
Battles: | First World War Second World War |
Awards: | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in Despatches |
Air Vice Marshal Charles William Nutting, (15 April 1889 – 25 February 1964) was a wireless officer in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, a Royal Air Force signals specialist during the inter-war years and the RAF's Director / Director-General of Signals during the first half of the Second World War. He retired from the RAF in 1942 and spent the remainder of the war as the Telecommunications Adviser to the British minister in the Middle East.