Horace Nicholls

[1] The family had roots in Norfolk, and his paternal grandfather John Nicholls, of Grantchester, was an architect and restorer of historic buildings.

By the age of fourteen, Nicholls was apprenticed to his photographer father on the Isle of Wight after the family moved there in 1879.

[4] Nicholls returned to England as a freelance, specialising in pictures of social and sporting events for magazines such as The Tatler, The Illustrated London News and Black and White, being one of the first photographers to make a living from documentary photography.

Nevertheless, Nicholls, together with George P. Lewis, spent the rest of the war photographing its impact on the British people.

Their granddaughter is the actress Phoebe Nicholls and great-grandchildren include actors Tom and Matilda Sturridge.