Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na 3 June 1924 na Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Michael Gow gụrụ akwụkwọ na Winchester College. Ọ bụ ezie na ezinụlọ ya enweghị ndị agha, n'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ Gow wepụtara onwe ya maka ndị agha Britain ma sonye na ndị nche Scots na 1942. Mgbe ọ nọ na Caterham Barracks, ebe ndị Scots Guards na-edebe ihe, onye na-elekọta ya gwara ya na ọ dị ka akpa nsị nke e ji ụdọ na-acha odo odo kee. Agbanyeghị, n'oge na-adịghị anya, e nyere ya ọrụ dịka onye isi nke abụọ na 5 June 1943, obere oge ka ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya nke iri na itoolu gasịrị. O jere ozi na ndị agha nke atọ (Tank) nke ndị agha ahụ, mgbe ahụ akụkụ nke 6th Guards Tank Brigade. Ije Ozi n'Ụlọ Ọrụ
na Northwest Europe, gụnyere n'oge Agha Normandy, Gow, mgbe ọ merụrụ ahụ na Belgium na Ọktọba ma were ọnwa isii iji gbakee, bụ otu n'ime ndị isi ndị Britain mbụ n'ogige ịta ahụhụ Bergen-Belsen na Eprel 1945, obere oge tupu Victory na Europe Day na Mee.