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|Surname and forenames=Gow George
 
|Surname and forenames=Gow George
 
|Army number=829488
 
|Army number=829488
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1915/16.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1915/16.
|Age=24
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|Age=24 at the time of his death.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army - date not known.  Discharged 9/8/1933 under Para 207 of the TA Regulations.  Enlisted in the Black Watch - probably as a Regular soldier.  Posted to the Perth Infantry Training Centre.  Posted 1 TS 20/3/40.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 10/5/40.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army - date not known.  Discharged 9/8/1933 under Para 207 of the TA Regulations.  Enlisted in the Black Watch - probably as a Regular soldier.  Posted to the Perth Infantry Training Centre.  Posted 1 TS 20/3/40.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 10/5/40.
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|Joined Brigade=20/3/1940.
 
|Joined Brigade=20/3/1940.
|Died/Killed in action=10-May-40.
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|Died/Killed in action=10-May-40.  Commemorated on Column 91 of the [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
|Home address=Son of James T and Elizabeth McKenzie Gow, Edinburgh.  Commemorated on Column 91 of the [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
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|Home address=Son of James T and Elizabeth McKenzie Gow, Edinburgh.   
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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[[File:Dunkirk_Memorial.jpg|400px/thumb|centre|Dunkirk Memorial]]

Revision as of 14:53, 7 March 2022

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Name Gow George
Army number 829488
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1915/16.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army - date not known. Discharged 9/8/1933 under Para 207 of the TA Regulations. Enlisted in the Black Watch - probably as a Regular soldier. Posted to the Perth Infantry Training Centre. Posted 1 TS 20/3/40. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 10/5/40.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 20/3/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 10-May-40. Commemorated on Column 91 of the DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of James T and Elizabeth McKenzie Gow, Edinburgh.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial