| BORN | 1890 Forest Hill, Oxfordshire (nr Headington) |
| LIVED | Little London, Deanshanger, Northamptonshire |
| Enlisted | Northampton |
| Death | 17/02/1917, Died of wounds near the village of Le Cateau, Nord, France |
| Buried | LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave V. C. 1 |
| Rank & Regiment | Private G/87119, 16th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), Formerly G/30921, Northamptonshire Regiment. |
| Father | Henry Ford b 1824 Elsfield Oxfordshire |
| Mother | Emma Smith, b 1864 Great Bourton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire |
| Notes | David’s mother was a widow, at the time of his death living with her aunt and uncle Anna and William Bird and one of his sisters, in the village. His eldest sister was a live in servant at Bridge House, for Rupert Roberts' family |