Gerald Creasy
Sir Gerald Hallen CreasyGCMGOBE(1 November 1897 – 9 June 1983) was a Britishcolonial administrator.He served asgovernorof theGold CoastandMalta.
The "Christiansborg cross-roads shooting incident" that led to the1948 Accra Riotsoccurred while Creasy was governor in the Gold Coast.[1]
Gold Coast
[edit]Creasy was appointed governor on 12 January 1948. He succeededSir Alan Burns.[2]He is however most remembered in Ghana for the"Christiansborg cross-roads shooting incident"on 28 February 1948, about six weeks into his job. Three unarmed formerWorld War IIveterans were killed and 60 wounded that day while demonstrating about end of service benefits.[3][4]The protests had followed the Association of West African Merchants (AWAM) boycotts inAccra.[5]This played into the hands of the local political leadership, theUnited Gold Coast Convention(UGCC).
Led bythe Big Six,they sent a cable on the same day to the Secretary of State in London:[3]
unless Colonial Government is changed and a new Government of the people and their Chiefs installed at the centre immediately, the conduct of masses now completely out of control with strikes threatened in Police quarters, and rank and file Police indifferent to orders of Officers, will continue and result in worse violent and irresponsible acts by uncontrolled people.
They also blamed "Crazy Creasy" for all the unrests.[6]TheRiot Act was readthe next day, 1 March 1948 and the Big Six were arrested and detained. The Watson commission of enquiry chaired by Mr. Aiken Watson, was set up to look into the riots.[5]He was replaced in an acting capacity bySir Robert Scottas governor of the Gold Coast on 15 February 1949.[2]
Malta
[edit]Creasy succeededSir Francis Campbell Ross Douglasas Governor of Malta on 16 September 1949. He was succeeded by SirRobert Laycockon 3 August 1954.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Opoku-Agyemang, Lovelace."Ghana: 58 Years After the February 28th 1948 Crossroads Incident".AllAfrica.Retrieved5 October2014.
- ^ab"Rulers-Ghana".B. Schemmel.Retrieved29 July2011.
- ^ab"Ghana is 50, UGCC is 60, too".News:Editorials.The Statesman. 26 March 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2007.Retrieved29 July2011.
- ^"KWAME NKRUMAH: THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE".GuyanaUnderSiege.com.Retrieved29 July2011.
- ^abKosi Dedey (8 March 2007)."The" Big Six ", Myth or Reality?".Feature article.Ghana Home Page.Retrieved29 July2011.
- ^Allan D. Ohene (March 2002)."Ghana before Independence".Ghana General Info-History.Lion's Den Ltd.Retrieved29 July2011.
- ^"Rulers-Malta".B. Schemmel.Retrieved29 July2011.
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