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Epsom NH Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, July 04, 2016It is impossible to know what was going through Emily Wilding Davison’s mind on 4th June 1913, the day the suffragette was trampled under the hooves of the king’s horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby.With the race in full flow Davison ducked under the railings separating spectators from the track, and strode into the path of the oncoming horses. As Anmer, running third from last, approached, the suffragette raised her hands to her face. Seconds later the horse collided with Davison at full speed, the brunt of the impact seeming to strike the forty-one year old woman in the face.Davison immediately fell in a crumpled heap, as did the horse. The jockey, Herbert Jones, was thrown to the ground several feet away. The entire horrifying spectacle was witnessed by King George V and Queen Mary, sitting in the royal box, and was filmed on newsreel.Gravely injured, Davison would never regain consciousness. Taken to a nearby hospital, she died four days later.The event sent shockwaves across Great Britain. For some, Davison’s harrowing death highlighted the increasingly dangerous and irrational tactics being carried out by the suffragette movement. Many newspapers labelled her act...
Epsom News
Monday, July 04, 2016It is impossible to know what was going through Emily Wilding Davison’s mind on 4th June 1913, the day the suffragette was trampled under the hooves of the king’s horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby.With the race in full flow Davison ducked under the railings separating spectators from the track, and strode into the path of the oncoming horses. As Anmer, running third from last, approached, the suffragette raised her hands to her face. Seconds later the horse collided with Davison at full speed, the brunt of the impact seeming to strike the forty-one year old woman in the face.Davison immediately fell in a crumpled heap, as did the horse. The jockey, Herbert Jones, was thrown to the ground several feet away. The entire horrifying spectacle was witnessed by King George V and Queen Mary, sitting in the royal box, and was filmed on newsreel.Gravely injured, Davison would never regain consciousness. Taken to a nearby hospital, she died four days later.The event sent shockwaves across Great Britain. For some, Davison’s harrowing death highlighted the increasingly dangerous and irrational tactics being carried out by the suffragette movement. Many newspapers labelled her act...
