Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Elvey Creasy, (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 , which was sunk off Kentish Knock, and then transferred to the destroyer , 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. Naval career Early career Born the son of Leonard Creasy and Maud Creasy (née Elvey), Creasy was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in September 1908 and was promoted to midshipman on his appointment to the battleship on 15 May 1913. First World War Creasy served in the First World War, initially in HMS Conqueror in the Grand Fleet but transferred to the torpedo-boat destroyer HMS Lively in the Harwich Force on 15 May 1915. After promotion to sub-lieutenant on 15 November 1915, he transferred to the destroyer HMS Milne in February 1916. Promoted again to lieutenant on 15 May 1917, he became first lieutenant in the destroyer HMS Nonsuch on the same date and took part in operations at Heligoland Bight later that year. He joined the Mining School at Portsmouth in May 1918 and then started the long course at the torpedo school HMS Vernon in November 1918. Between the wars Creasy successfully passed his exams at HMS Vernon and then became