Cecil Patteson Nickalls
{{Short description|English polo player}}
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| name =Cecil Patteson Nickalls
| honorific suffix = D.S.O.
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kent, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|4|7|1877|10|14|df=y}}
| death_place = Rugby, England
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| known_for = International Polo Cup
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Olivia Mary Miller|1904|1925}} ended with his death
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| children =2
| parents = Sir Patteson Nickalls
| relatives = Patteson Womersley Nickalls, brother
Morres Nickalls, brother
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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 killed himself 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.1881 British Census RG11 0857/105 p22 He was educated at Rugby School.
Career
In the 1890s he played cricket. He scored 109 at Lord's Cricket Ground against Marlborough for 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.{{cite news|title=English Polo Team Wins. Americans Beaten at Hurlingham by Six Goals to One. Second Contest For The Cup. Honors Are Now Even, and the Deciding Match Will Be Played on Saturday|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/06/10/108288149.pdf|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 10, 1902|access-date=2015-02-20 }} 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. He was awarded the DSO and wounded.
Personal life
He married Olivia Mary Miller in 1904 in Rugby, England.
Death
Nickalls committed suicide with a gun on 7 April 1925 in Rugby, England.{{cite book|author=David Frith |title=Silence Of The Heart: Cricket Suicide|year=2011|page=55|isbn=9781780573939|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i251ewfs_U0C&pg=PT55}}
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Category:Rugby union players from Kent
Category:English rugby union players
Category:Suicides by firearm in England
Category:International Polo Cup
Category:Royal Field Artillery officers
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:British military personnel who died by suicide
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Military personnel from Kent
Category:People educated at Rugby School
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