Minature diary 1958 [contains no entries].

Diaries 1959-1962.

Annotated copy of the 'Navy List' of 1914.

Memoir of German Grand Admiral Donitz 'Mein wechsevolles Leben', signed by Donitz, 1969 [in German].

'A Summary of Selected Manuscript Documents of Historic Importance Preserved in the Archives of the Department', Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, 1950.

Folder of speeches and lectures, 1949-1958.

Folder of Admiralty correspondence with Creasy (1951-1958), press cuttings including an obituary and funeral service (1972) and a typed reminiscence 'An Escape from Hitler', relating to operations Creasy was involved in off the Dutch and Norwegian coasts in 1940.

Folder of correspondence including letters from Grand Admiral Donitz (1968-1969), historian Arthur Marder (1968), the Ministry of Defence and the National Maritime Museum (1967).

Folder of correspondence including press cuttings on the disappearence of Commander Crab (1956), Hawke Term [Osborne House] reunions (1958), the Presidency of the Essex County British legion (1958-1961), Reports of Proceedings, First Aircraft Carrier Squadron, British Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Home Fleet, with two photographs of Creasy (1947-1953).


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Administrative / biographical background
Creasy had a distinguished career in the Navy with success in a wide variety of roles. He entered the Royal Naval College at Osborne in 1908 and completed officer training on the cruiser HMS CORNWALL in 1913. During the First World War he served in the Grand Fleet and took part in the action in the Heligoland Bight. In the early months of the Second World War he was in command of HMS GRENVILLE and the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean. After HMS GRENVILLE was mined and lost he transferred to HMS CODRINGTON. He was in command when this destroyer made several trips ferrying troops across the Channel during the evacuation from Dunkirk. Creasy was Director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Division of the Naval Staff in 1940-1942 and in command of the battleship HMS DUKE OF YORK in 1942-1943. He then became Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Ramsay during the planning and execution of naval operations for the Allied landings in Normandy. For the remainder of the hostilities he was head of the submarine branch at HMS DOLPHIN. During the period 1947-1949 he served as Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers and Air Stations, British Pacific Fleet and East Indies; Fifth Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Air); then Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff. In the period 1952-1957 he was Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet; Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic under NATO; Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth and also Commander-in-Chief Home Station designate and Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel Command under NATO.