| 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 |