Later Life
After leave for a month, the less than fit Agar was sent to Belfast to supervise the building and completion of the new aircraft carrier, HMS Unicorn. He worked on this assignment for a period and was placed on the retired list in 1943.
Agar was appointed Commodore in 1943 when he once again served as President and Captain of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. He served in this capacity until 1946 and reverted to his substantive rank of Captain.
Agar wrote two noteworthy books about his naval career. In his retirement he farmed at Alton, Hampshire, England. His farm produced strawberries. His clubs were the Athenaeum and the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Augustus Agar died on 30 December 1968 and was buried at Alton. His will was probated at 9,580 pounds sterling on 28 March 1969.
His second wife, Ina, attended HMS Dorsetshire reunions after his death.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Imperial War Museum, London, along with his telescope. His other medals and various papers are in storage there, including a receipt for gold bullion delivered to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1939.
HM Coastal Motor Boat 4, his boat in the Baltic, is on permanent display at Imperial War Museum Duxford.
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