Cecil Patteson Nickalls

Cecil Patteson Nickalls, D.S.O. (14 October 1877 – 7 April 1925) was a Colonel in the Royal Field Artillery. He was a champion polo player, and a champion rugby player, who took his own life with a gun on 7 April 1925.

Early life
He was born on 14 October 1877 in Kent, England to Sir Patteson Nickalls. His siblings were, Patteson Womersley Nickalls and Morres Nickalls.

Career
In the 1890s he played cricket. He scored 109 at Lord's Cricket Ground against Marlborough in rugby in 1894.

He was on the British team that won the International Polo Cup at the Hurlingham Club in 1902 with his brother Patteson Womersley Nickalls, Frederick Maitland Freake, Walter Selby Buckmaster, George Arthur Miller and Charles Darley Miller. He played on the English team against Ireland in 1905 and 1911.

He served as a captain in the Royal Field Artillery in World War I.

Personal life
He married Olivia Mary Miller in 1904 in Rugby, England, and had two children, Cecily Maud Nickalls (died 14 May 1999) and Mary Olivia Nickalls.

Death
Nickalls committed suicide with a gun on 7 April 1925 in Rugby, England.