Michael Gow (British Army officer)

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General Sir James Michael Gow
Birth name James Michael Gow
Born 3 June 1924
Sheffield, Yorkshire[1]
Died 26 March 2013
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Rank General
Commands held 2nd Bn Scots Guards
4th Guards Brigade
4th Division
Scotland
British Army of the Rhine
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir James Michael Gow GCB (3 June 1924 – 26 March 2013) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1980s.

Military career

Educated at Winchester College, Gow was commissioned into the Scots Guards during World War II.[2] He was one of the first British officers into Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945.[3]

He became Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn Scots Guards in 1964 and Commander of 4th Guards Brigade in 1967 before becoming a Brigadier on the General Staff of Headquarters British Army of the Rhine in 1971.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1973 and Director of Army Training in 1975.[2]

He then moved on to be General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1979 and Commander-in-Chief of British Army of the Rhine and Northern Army Group in 1980.[2] He was appointed Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1984 and retired in 1986.[2] He was Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen from 1981 to 1984.[2] He died on 26 March 2013.[1]

Personal life

In 1946 he married Jane Emily Scott and they had one son and four daughters.[2] He was the maternal grandfather of theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter.[4]

References

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Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding the 4th Division
1973–1975		 Succeeded by
Nigel Bagnall
Preceded by GOC Scotland
1979–1980		 Succeeded by
Sir David Young
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine
1980–1983		 Succeeded by
Sir Nigel Bagnall
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies
1984–1986		 Succeeded by
Sir David Hallifax

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Debrett's People of Today 1994
  3. ↑ "Talk Remembers Horrors of Belsen", The Scotsman, 6 February 2003
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