“Captain Frank Nuttall, R.F.C., who was mentioned the other day as having received the Military Cross, is the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Nuttall, Caledonian Road, Christchurch. He was in England when the war broke out, and joined the Royal Flying Corps, first as a mechanic and later on as an airman. He served in France at first, and then went on to Egypt, being subsequently sent to Mesopotamia. In the "Basra Times" of December 3, the Orders of the Day from General Headquarters, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, state that the decoration was awarded to Captain Nuttall "for conspicuous gallantry and daring when in enemy territory. Seeing another machine driven down by hostile fire he glided to earth in his single-seater under heavy fire, dispersing the enemy with his machine-gun. He took the stranded pilot on board, speedily rose in the air, and though still under fire got safely away. By his prompt and courageous action he rescued a comrade who would otherwise have been taken prisoner.” ” [Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 186, 26 April 1918, Page 4]