Gow George Pte 829488
Personnel Entry
Name Gow George
Army number 829488
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
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 Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 20/3/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action 10-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated on Column 91 of the DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of James T and Elizabeth McKenzie Gow, Edinburgh.
Source table 1TS
