Captain John Alexander Harper Gow
1926-2022
Forage Cap, c. 1945
Gow
was the son of Brigadier John Wesley Harper Gow, CBE, late of the Scots
Guards. The family resided at Hallhill House of Howwood in Scotland.
Gow was gazetted to the Scots Guards on the 25th of May, 1945. He had
served in the ranks from September of 1944. Gow was advanced to W.S.
(War Substantive) lieutenant in November of 1945. He joined the 3rd
(Tank) Battalion of the regiment just prior to its disbandment, arriving
in Germany in January of 1946. Gow was then posted to the 1st Battalion
in Italy before returning to England with the Training Battalion. In
January of 1949, he was made a permanent lieutenant. Gow transferred to
the Black Watch (Territorial Army) in April of 1954, becoming a captain.
He resigned his commission on the 20th of February, 1957. Later in
life, Gow joined the Royal Company of Archers and was made a Deputy Lord
Lieutenant for Ayr and Arran in 1988.
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