Career
Nicholl served as a private soldier in the London Scottish Volunteers in the Second Boer War and then transferred to the South Rhodesia Volunteers in 1903. He was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps Special Reserve in 1915 during World War I and served as a pilot with Number. 8 Squadron before instructing at the Central Flying School and then becoming Officer Commanding Number.
84 Squadron and subsequently Officer Commanding Number.
110 Squadron on the Western Front. After the War he became a Staff Officer at the Air Ministry before being appointed Officer Commanding Number.
70 Squadron in 1926. He was made Deputy Director of Training and then Deputy Director of Personal Services before becoming Deputy Director of Manning at the Air Ministry in 1931.
He went on to be Station Commander at Royal Air Force Calshot in 1932, Air Officer Commanding Number. 23 Group in 1933 and Air Officer Commanding Central Area in 1934.
He retired in 1942. He retired to Scotland and became Controller of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.
