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DipArch (Lon), TD, FRIBA. Born in Westcliff, Essex, England, UK, second child and eldest and only son of William James Creasy (1880-1968) and Mary Beryl nee Fox (1891-1919) (FS). He was educated in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK. Thereafter he pursued his architectural studies at the University College, London. CREASY did War Service (1938-41) with the East Surrey Regiment and the ROYAL ENGINEERS, and as Major (1941-1945) with the Middle East Forces (MEF) and Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF) from 1941 until 1945. Thereafter he served as Resident Architect with the Imperial War Graves Commission of Southern Europe from 1945 until 1948. Thereafter he left to practice in Southern Rhodesia in 1948. He is recorded in 1963 as principal and partner in the practice W D'ARCY CATHCART and SON, CREASY and FOTHERGILL, Chartered Architects. He married Jean Bruce Ovenstone of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 1939. In 1963 and again 1965 he is recorded as of address Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zambia). He died in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom (FS). References
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