Epsom Downs Racecourse Plaque for Suffragette Emily Davison

A plaque is to be unveiled at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey in memory of a suffragette who stepped in front of the king’s horse in 1913.

Emily Davison ran out in front of King George V’s horse as it ran in the Epsom Derby on 4 June that year.

She suffered injuries that led to her death four days later in hospital.

A spokesman for the racecourse said the plaque would be unveiled in a private ceremony in April with Davison’s family to mark the centenary of her death.  Read more .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21335117

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