Commemorated on 6 plaques
Emily Wilding Davison 11th October 1872 - 8th June 1913 It was from this place, on the 4th June 1913, that suffragette Emily Wilding Davison sustained injuries that resulted in her death at Epsom Cottage Hospital. Her lifelong dedication to women's suffrage, and the contribution that she made to the lives of British women, past and present, is remembered.
Epsom Downs Racecourse, KT18 5LQ, Epsom, United Kingdom where they was (1913)
In loving memory of Emily Wilding Davison. In this broom cupboard Emily Wilding Davison hid herself illegally, during the night of the 1911 census. She was a brave suffragette campaigning for votes for women at a time when Parliament denied them that right. In this way she was able to record her address, on the night of that census, as being "The House of Commons", thus making her claim to the same political rights as men. Emily Wilding Davison died in June 1913 from injuries sustained when she threw herself under the King's horse at The Derby to draw public attention to the injustice suffered by women. By such means was democracy won for the people of Britain. Notice placed here by Tony Benn MP "I must tell you, Mr Speaker, that I am going to put a plaque in the House. I shall have it made myself and screwed on the door of the broom cupboard in the Crypt."
House of Parliament, London, United Kingdom where they hid (1911)
From this house Emily Wilding Davison suffragette set out for The Derby, Epsom-June 1913. Fight on, God will the victory. Votes for women.
Post Office, Longhorsley, United Kingdom where they set forth
Emily Davison heroine of the Women's Suffrage Movement was cared for here 1913
Epsom Cottage Hospital, Epsom, United Kingdom where they was (1913)
Emily Davison House This terrace was purchased by Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1959 from a bequest by Mrs. Emily Davison
Newcomen Street, London, United Kingdom where they was
Emily Wilding Davison 1872–1913 Teacher and Suffragette lived here
43 Fairholme Road, West Kensington, London, United Kingdom where they was