Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private G. Gow, 1st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Black Watch
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (829488 Pte., Black Watch); 1939-45 Star, nearly extremely fine (2) £150-180

Private George Gow was killed in action 10 May 1940 on the first day of the German invasion of France, a day that signified the German advance on Calais leading to the subsequent occupation of France and the British retreat to Dunkirk. Gow is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial.