George Creasy
Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
Died when: 77 years 18 days (924 months)Star Sign: Libra
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Elvey Creasy, GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DL (13 October 1895 – 31 October 1972) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
After serving as a junior officer in the First World War, during which he took part in operations at Heligoland Bight in 1917, he trained as a torpedo officer.
Creasy served in the Second World War, initially as commanding officer of HMS Grenville, which was sunk off Kentish Knock, and then transferred to the destroyer HMS Codrington, in which he led the rescue of Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and then took part in the Dunkirk evacuation.
He continued his war service as chief staff officer to the First Sea Lord, as director of anti-submarine warfare and then as flag captain to the commander-in-chief of Home Fleet before becoming chief staff officer to the naval commander-in-chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, taking part in the planning and execution of the naval operations for the Normandy landings.
He also served as Flag Officer Submarines, taking responsibility for receiving surrendered enemy submarines into British ports at the end of the war.
After the war Creasy became Flag Officer (Air), Far East and then Fifth Sea Lord and deputy chief of the naval staff (air).
After that he became Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, then commander-in-chief of Home Fleet and, finally, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
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