RAdm Wallace B. Creery Building

Esquimalt, British Columbia
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This memorial is a building named in honour of Rear-Admiral Wallace Boucher Creery. The following is an article from: The Maple Leaf - November 18, 2009 

Dockyard building named after naval veteran - Tim Creery (right in photo) and Capt(N) (Ret) Raymond Creery unveil the building plate honouring their father, RAdm Wallace B. Creery, at CFB Esquimalt, as Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific Cmdre Ron Lloyd looks on. The 108-year-old building, which houses Canadian Fleet Pacific HQ, was named after the distinguished Canadian Navy veteran in a late October ceremony. Radm Creery lived in the Admiral's residence in Dockyard from 1950 to 1953 when he was the top naval officer on the Pacific coast. He had a long and distinguished naval career, serving in both the First and Second World Wars, and as the Commanding Officer of HMCS Champlain, HMCS Fraser and HMCS Prince Robert.

Inscription

[plaque]

"THIS BUILDING IS NAMED IN HONOUR OF REAR ADMIRAL WALLACE CREERY, C.B.E., RCN, (1900-1987), RADM CREERY HAD A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED NAVAL CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND CANADA. HE SERVED IN BOTH WORLD WAR 1 AND WORLD WAR 2, WAS THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF HMCS CHAMPLAIN, FRASER AND PRINCE ROBERT, WAS THE FLAG OFFICER PACIFIC COAST (1950-53)AND RETIRED IN 1955 AS VICE-CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF. HIS EFFORTS AND DETERMINATION TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN A STRONG NAVY, BOTH REGULAR AND RESERVE COMPONENTS, ARE EXEMPLIFIED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CANADIAN FLEET PACIFIC WHO RESIDE IN THIS BUILDING."

"CET IMMEUBLE PORTE SON NOM EN L'HONNEUR DU CONTRE-AMIRAL WALLACE CREERY, C.B.E., MRC, (1900-1987), LE CAM CREERY A CONNU UNE LONGUE ET ÉMINENTE CARRIÈRE AU SERVICE DE LA MARINE ROYALE DU CANADA ET DU PAYS. IL A, EN PLUS DAVOIR SERVI LORS DE LA PREMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE ET DE LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE, COMMANDÉ LES NCSM CHAMPLAIN, FRASER ET PRINCE ROBERT, ET SERVIE À TITRE D'OFFICIER GÉNÉRAL DE LA CÔTE DU PACIFIQUE (1950-53), IL A PRIS SA RETRAITE EN 1955 ALORS QU'IL EXERCAIT LES FONCTIONS DE CHEF DETAT-MAJOR ADJOINT DE LA MARINE. LES EFFORTS ET LA DETERMINATION DU CAM CREERY EN VUE DE FORMER UNE MARINE PUISSANTE COMPOSÉE DE LA FORCE RÉGULIÈRE ET DE LA FORCE DE RÉSERVE SONT PERPÉTUÉS PAR LES HOMMES ET FEMMES DE LA FLOTTE CANADIENNE DU PACIFIQUE QUI TRAVAILLENT DANS CET IMMEUBLE."

Location
RAdm Wallace B. Creery Building

1001 Maplebank Road
Esquimalt
British Columbia
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 48.4386227
Long. -123.4305794
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