David Elks was born in May 1883 the son of Samuel and Ann in Pendlebury, Lancashire.
We know that in 1891 he was living at 17 Park Street, Pendleton aged 7 and at school. In 1901 he
was still in Pendleton and living at 12 Ernest Street. He was aged 17 and a worker at Plaiting Down, Paper Mill. By 1911 he had moved as a boarder to the house of Charles M Pollitt, 102 Broughton Rd,
Pendleton, aged 27. His job was now described as a wallpaper stainer. Shortly after this in 1911 he moved to Holmes Chapel and he was living at Church View. The move related to the opening of the wallpaper works on Macclesfield Road which attracted a number of people from the Pendleton area. He was killed in action in France on 1st November 1918.