Emily Davison - Commemoration

Commemoration

Davison is buried in the church yard of St. Mary the Virgin Morpeth in a family plot, her father having died in 1893. The cemetery is close to Longhorsley, where she had lived with her mother and family. The funeral attracted a large crowd. Her gravestone bears the WSPU slogan, "Deeds not words". A funeral was held in London on 14 June 1913 and her coffin was brought by train to Morpeth for burial on 15 June.

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