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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."

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rdfs:comment	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."
foaf:name	Agar, Augustus William Shelton Augustus Agar
foaf:nick	Gus
dc:description	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
award	dbpedia:Distinguished_Service_Order dbpedia:Mentioned_in_dispatches dbpedia:Victoria_Cross dbpedia:Cl&B
battle	Zeebrugge Raid Indian Ocean raid Baltic Naval War dbpedia:Dardanelles World War II dbpedia:World_War_I
birth date	1890-01-04(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Sri Lanka Kandy
birth year	1890-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1968-12-30(xsd:dateTime)
death place	Alton
death year	1968-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military command	(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) Royal Naval College,Greenwich(5 May 1943 – Apr 1946)
occupation	dbpedia:Conservative_Party_(UK) dbpedia:Trinity_House dbpedia:Red_Ensign_Club
service end year	1905-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1905-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
is commander of	Baltic Naval War

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