caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
sir george creasy 1908 -- 1957 united kingdom hms '' duke of york '' home fleet portsmouth command '' grenville '' hms '' codrington '' hms 31 october 1972 great horkesley , essex badulla , sri lanka united kingdom knight commander of the order of the british empire distinguished service grand order member of the royal victorian order cross of the order of the bath first world war second world war 13 october 1895 st. horkesley peter and st. paul 's churchyard , little admiral of the fleet rear admiral george creasy tr2627.jpg george creasy
 sir george creasy
george creasy

admiral of the fleet sir george elvey creasy , gcb , cbe , dso , mvo -lrb- 13 october 1895 -- 31 october 1972 -rrb- 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 , 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 -lrb- submarines -rrb- taking responsibility for receiving surrendered enemy submarines into british ports at the end of the war .
after the war creasy became flag officer -lrb- air -rrb- for the far east fleet and then fifth sea lord and deputy chief of the naval staff -lrb- air -rrb- .
after that he became vice chief of the naval staff , then commander-in-chief , home fleet and , finally , commander-in-chief , portsmouth .
