Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a ranar 3 ga Yuni 1924 a Sheffield, Yorkshire, Ingila, Michael Gow ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Winchester. Ko da yake iyalinsa ba su da tarihin soja, a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu Gow ya ba da kansa ga sojojin Birtaniya kuma ya shiga cikin 'yan tsaron Scotland a 1942. Duk da yake a Caterham Barracks, da Scots Guards regimental depot, ya sanar da shi da drill sajan cewa ya yi kama da jakar taki da aka ɗaure tare da ruwan hoda igiya. Duk da haka, ba da daɗewa ba aka ba shi izini a matsayin na biyu a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 1943, jim kadan bayan ranar haihuwarsa ta goma sha tara. Ya yi aiki tare da rundunar ta 3 (Tank) Battalion, sannan wani ɓangare na Brigade Tank Brigade na 6. Yin hidima a kamfen a Arewa maso Yammacin Turai
, gami da lokacin yakin Normandy, Gow, bayan ya ji rauni a Belgium a watan Oktoba kuma ya ɗauki watanni shida don murmurewa, yana ɗaya daga cikin jami'an Burtaniya na farko zuwa sansanin taro na Bergen-Belsen a watan Afrilu 1945, jim kaɗan kafin Ranar Nasara a Turai a watan Mayu.