Background
Creagh was the eighth son of Captain James Creagh (Royal Navy) and his wife, Grace O'Moore. He was married twice, firstly to Mary Longfield (or possibly Brereton) in 1874, who died in 1876, and then to Elizabeth Reade in 1891. He had three children, one of whom was General Michael O'Moore Creagh.
He was commissioned into the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot in 1866 and went to India in 1869, being transferred to the British Indian Army in 1870.
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