David Walter Sorrell was born in 1947 (date suppressed) in Rochford.

David married Susan Margaret Lemon in 1970 in Darwen, Lancashire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Susan Margaret Lemon:

- Mark James Sorrell	born in 1976 at Walley, Lancashire.
- Joanna Rachel Sorrell	born in 1978 at Blackburn, Lancashire.

Details of David's occupation are not known.