Augustus Agar
Augustus Agar | |
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| Nickname | Gus |
| Born | 4 January 1890 |
| Died | 30 December 1968 (aged 78) Alton, Hampshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Service years | 1905–1946 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | HMS Witch (1926–27) HMS Scarborough (1930–33) HMS Curlew (1936) HMS Emerald (1937–39) Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1939) HMS Emerald (1939–40) HMS Malcolm (1940) HMS Dorsetshire (1941–42) Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1943–46) |
| Conflicts | First World War |
| Awards | Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches |
| Other work | Younger Brother of Trinity House (1936) Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Greenwich (1945) Vice President Sailors' Home and Red Ensign Club (1957) Published: Footprints in the Sea (1959); Showing the Flag (1962); Baltic Episode (1963) |
Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World Wars. He was 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, for sinking a Soviet cruiser during the Russian Civil War.
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."