Augustus Agar Military person

Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World War and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest 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."

Personal facts

Birth date	January 04, 1890
Birth place	Sri Lanka , Kandy
Date of death	December 30, 1968
Place of death	Alton Hampshire

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award	Mentioned in dispatches Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order Cl&B
military operations	Dardanelles Zeebrugge Raid World War II British campaign in the Baltic (1918–19) World War I Indian Ocean raid
military command	Royal Naval College Greenwich (5 May 1943 – Apr 1946) (8 Aug 1941 – 5 Apr 1942) HMS Curlew (9 Jan 1936 – Feb 1936) HMS Emerald (15 Jan 1937 – Apr 1939) HMS Emerald (31 Jul 1939 – Apr 1940) HMS Malcolm (25 Jun 1940 – 12 Aug 1940) HMS Scarborough (30 Sep 1930 – May 1933) HMS Witch (22 Apr 1926 – Jul 1927) Royal Naval College Greenwich (1939)
service start	1905
service end	1946