George Creasy

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Elvey Creasy, GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO (13 October 1895 – 31 October 1972) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Naval career
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, Creasy joined the Royal Navy in 1908.

He served in World War I and took part in operations at Heligoland Bight in 1917. He was appointed Assistant Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1936.

He also served in World War II and commanded HMS Grenville from 1939 which was sunk in January 1940. He then transferred to HMS Codrington and took part in the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940. He was made Director of Anti-Submarine Warfare in 1940 and given command of HMS Duke of York in 1942. In 1943 he was made Chief Staff Officer for the planning and execution of the naval operations for the Normandy landings. In 1944 he became Admiral (submarines).

After the War he was appointed Flag Officer (Air) for the Far East Fleet and became Fifth Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Air) in 1948. He was made Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1949 and Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic in 1952. His last post was as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel Command in 1954. He retired in 1957.

In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of Essex.

Family
In 1924 he married Monica Ullathorne; they had one son.