sea duty in the North Atlantic, he was informed that he had to get his damaged ship ready for sea in six days. He sent his men home for a much needed rest and stayed himself to personally supervise dockyard repairs. He devised a means (drawing on his Murmansk experience in 1917–18) of getting steam heat into the mess decks, so that the men coming from and going onto duty in the cold could get a "warm up". References Citations Bibliography External links Burial location of Augustus Agar (Hampshire) Location of Augustus Agar's Victoria Cross Imperial War Museum Agar also wrote "Showing the Flag", 1962 Evans Brothers Ltd, London Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939–1945 1890 births 1968 deaths Burials in Hampshire Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War British autobiographers British people of Austrian descent British people of Irish descent Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross Irish sailors in the Royal Navy Irish people of World War I People educated at Framlingham College People from Kandy People educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy Royal Navy officers of World War II Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross Royal Navy officers of World War I Royal Navy personnel of the Russian Civil War Admiral presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Members of Trinity House