| Cecil Patteson Nickalls | |
| Honorific Suffix: | D.S.O. |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Kent, England |
| Death Place: | Rugby, England |
| Known For: | International Polo Cup |
| Spouse: | ended with his death |
| Children: | 2 |
| Parents: | Sir Patteson Nickalls |
| Relatives: | Patteson Womersley Nickalls, brother Morres Nickalls, brother |
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.
He was born on 14 October 1877 in Kent, England to Sir Patteson Nickalls. His siblings were, Patteson Womersley Nickalls and Morres Nickalls.[1] He was educated at Rugby School.
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.[2] 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.
He married Olivia Mary Miller in 1904 in Rugby, England.
Nickalls committed suicide with a gun on 7 April 1925 in Rugby, England.[3]