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Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a noted Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World War and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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  • Augustus Agar
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  • Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a noted Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World War and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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  • 1905(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1890-01-04(xsd:date)
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death place
Nickname
  • Gus
Name
  • Augustus Agar
Birth Place
  • Kandy, Ceylon
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Awards
death date
  • 1968-12-30(xsd:date)
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Battles
  • Baltic
  • First World War
  • Second World War
  • - Dardanelles
  • - Indian Ocean Raid
  • - Zeebrugge Raid
Years
  • 1943(xsd:integer)
laterwork
  • Younger Brother of Trinity House
  • Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Greenwich
  • Vice President Sailors' Home and Red Ensign Club
  • Published: Footprints in the sea ; Showing the flag ; Baltic episode : a classic of secret service in Russian waters
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  • Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a noted Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World War and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In his naval biography, Footprints in the Sea, published in 1961, Agar described himself as "...highly strung and imaginative...". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says that Agar "... epitomizes the 'sea dog' of British naval tradition: honourable, extremely brave and totally dedicated to King, country and the Royal Navy."
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