UK War Deaths
 

Further details for each individual listed in the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission are given below. All died in the service of their country and will never be forgotten.

 

Creevey, Christopher  (b 1879/80  d 1915)
 

Private 2139, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - Christopher died on Sunday, 19th December 1915 aged 35 - He is buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper (Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave reference: I. E. 1. His mother was Mary Creevey and his wife was Margaret Creevey of 4 Watson's Court, Clarence Street, Halifax.

 

 

Creevey, J
 

Private 28246, 1st Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) - He died on Wednesday, 28th July 1915. He is buried in Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference: III. B. 16.

                                                 

 

Creevey, John  (b 1885/6  d 1914)
 

Private 8148, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry - John died on Wednesday, 16th December 1914, aged 28. He was the husband of Annie Kerr Creevey of 7 Dean Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference: III. A. 65.

 

 

Creevey, William  (b 1874  d 1916)
 

Private 2904, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment - William died on Sunday, 6th August 1916 aged 42. According to the War Graves records he was 38 but he appeared on the 1881Census aged 7 and was therefore born c1874. He is buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference: P. 35. His parents were Patrick and Bridget Creevey of Cheetwood, Cheetham, Manchester and he had two older sisters, Rose and Bridget and two younger brothers, James and William

 

 

Creevy, Albert Edward  (b 1918  d 1944)

 

Acting Leading Seaman D/SSX 23526, H.M.S. Gould, Royal Navy - Albert died on Wednesday, 1st March 1944 aged 25 - In February 1944, HMS Gould together with HMS Affleck and HMS Gore, was on escort duty in mid Atlantic. On 25th February they sunk the German U-boat U-91 but five days later, north of the Azores (west of Portugal), HMS Gould was torpedoed and sunk by U-358 under the command of Kptlt. Rolf Manke. Depth charges from the three British ships sunk U-358 in the same engagement.

H.M.S. Gould was an American built Evarts Class frigate called the Lovering which was launched in 1943 and sent to Britain under the lend lease arrangement in September 1943. U-358 was commissioned in August 1942 and undertook six patrols sinking five ships for a total of 18,945 tons.

Albert is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 85, Column 2. The memorial commemorates members of the Royal Navy from both World Wars who have no known grave. Albert's birth was registered in West Derby, Liverpool in June 1918 and he married in Liverpool in 1941 (wife's name Thornton). He had two sons.

 

 

Creevy, Douglas  (b 1922  d 1944)
 

Driver T/10632519, 463 Water Tank Company, Royal Army Service Corps - Douglas died on Thursday, 2nd March 1944 aged 21. He is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, England, Panel 16 Column 2.

The memorial commemorates those land forces who, during the Second World War either, died at sea, in the 1940 Norwegian campaign, were members of raiding parties who set out from the UK or were special agents or workers with Allied underground movements and who have no known grave. Douglas' family was from the Ipswich area.

 

 

Creevy, Douglas William  (b 1921  d 1943)
 

Sergeant 1330741, Air Bomber, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve based at RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire.

Just before midnight on Tuesday 25th May 1943, 22 Lancasters of 12 Squadron commenced take off from Wickenby for a bombing mission to Dusseldorf being part of a large force of over 750 aircraft. Douglas Creevy was the bomb aimer for Lancaster ED967 (code letters PH-F) which crashed in the early hours of Wednesday 26th May at Ratingen on the outskirts of Dusseldorf. The bomber is believed to have been brought down by German flak and all seven crew members were lost. Douglas was 22 years old. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany. Grave reference: 5. D. 13.

His parents were William and Katie Creevy of Peterborough, Northamptonshire and he lived at 292 Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough.

 

 

Creevy, George  (d 1917)
 

Lance Corporal 84923, 246th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) - George died on Friday, 3rd August 1917. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Panel 56 - The Menin Gate is one of the four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders.

 

 

Creevy, John  (d 1915)
 

Private 3859, 2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment - He died on Saturday, 20th February 1915. He is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Nord, France. Grave reference: IX. B. 73.

 

 

Creevy, Samuel Joseph  (b 1885  d 1918)
 

Greaser, S.S. "Innisfallen" (Cork), Mercantile Marine - Samuel died on Thursday, 23rd May 1918 aged 32 when the "Innisfallen" (1896) was sunk by a German U-boat. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London where names are arranged alphabetically under their ships. The memorial commemorates men of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and have no known grave.

Samuel was born in Liverpool, his parents being Thomas and Jane Creevy. At 16 he was a labourer in an Oil Cake Mill. His wife was Elizabeth Creevy (nee Brown) of 5 Everton View, Everton Terrace, Liverpool.

 

 

Creevy, Thomas  (b 1918/9  d 1942)
 

Third Engineer Officer, S.S. "Eastmoor" (London), Merchant Navy - Thomas died on Tuesday, 31st March 1942 aged 23. He is commemorated on Panel 36 of the Tower Hill Memorial, London where names are arranged alphabetically under their ships. The memorial commemorates men of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and have no known grave.

 

 

Creevy, William James  (b 1889/90  d 1917)
 

Corporal 12704, 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles - William died on Thursday, 28th June 1917 aged 27. He is buried in Hartlepool West View Cemetery, Durham, England. Grave reference: 2 "U." J5.