Gerald Creasy

Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy GCMG OBE (1 November 1897 – 9 June 1983) was a British colonial administrator.

The "Christiansborg cross-roads shooting incident" that led to the 1948 Accra Riots occurred while Creasy was governor in the Gold Coast.

Three unarmed former World War II veterans were killed and 60 wounded that day while demonstrating about end of service benefits.

[5] This played into the hands of the local political leadership, the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).

Led by the 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.