Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekwa musi wa 3 June 1924 muSheffield, Yorkshire, England, Michael Gow akadzidza paWinchester College. Kunyange zvazvo mhuri yake yakanga isina ruzivo rwechiuto, muHondo Yenyika II Gow akazvipira kupinda muuto reBritain uye akanyoresa muScotland Guards muna 1942. Paaiva paCaterham Barracks, nzvimbo yokuchengetera zvinhu yechikwata cheScotland Guards, akaudzwa nomukuru wake wechikoro kuti akanga akafanana nehomwe yomupfudze yakasungwa netambo yepepuru. Zvisinei, akakurumidza kupiwa basa semutevedzeri wechipiri musi wa5 Chikumi 1943, nguva pfupi mushure mekuzvarwa kwake kwegumi nemapfumbamwe. Akashanda neRegiment ye3rd (Tank) Battalion, ipapo chikamu che6th Guards Tank Brigade. Kubatira mumushandirapamwe muNorthwest Europe
, kusanganisira panguva yeHondo yeNormandy, Gow, mushure mekukuvara muBelgium muna Gumiguru uye achitora mwedzi mitanhatu kuti apore, aive mumwe wevakuru veBritish vekutanga kupinda mumusasa wevasungwa weBergen-Belsen muna Kubvumbi 1945, nguva pfupi pamberi peVictory muEurope Zuva muna Chivabvu.