David's Story.
Private David Elks was killed in action on 1st November 1918, aged 35. He left a widow, Edith (1884 - 1968), and two young daughters, five year old Christina (born 27th February 1913) and two year old Edith (born 6th April 1916).
David Elks was born in 1884, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Elks, of 17 Park Street, Pendleton, Salford. He was a wallpaper printer at the Holmes Chapel Wallpaper Works which was on Macclesfield Road. He had moved to Holmes Chapel in 1911 to join the workforce having been in the same trade in Pendleton, and after marrying Edith Gorton in the autumn of 1911. He lived with his wife and children at Church View, Holmes Chapel.
He enlisted in Middlewich in 1917 and was involved in the battles of France and Flanders. By October 1918 he was in hospital suffering from gas poisoning. He returned to service immediately afterwards and was killed in action on 1st November 1918, and was buried in France.
He is remembered on a family headstone in Holmes Chapel.
Researched by Shena Lewington (November 2025)
He is remembered on a family headstone in Holmes Chapel.
Researched by Shena Lewington (November 2025)