Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa musi wa3 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. Kushumira mu
Mushure mokukuvadzwa muBelgium muna October uye kutora mwedzi mitanhatu kuti apore, Gow akanga ari mumwe wevakuru veBritain vokutanga kupinda mumusasa wevasungwa weBergen-Belsen muna April 1945, nguva pfupi pamberi peVictory muEurope Day muna May.