Footage of funeral for Emily Davison: took place 100 years ago today

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Ten days after her fateful intervention at the Epsom Derby, a funeral service was held in London for the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. The short clip shows part of the procession, organised by the  Women's Social and Political Union, which was attended by tens of thousands. She was buried on June 15th in Morpeth, Northumberland.

Martin Pugh has considered Davison's motivations and explored whether her dramatic death hindered rather than aided the wider suffragette movement.

VID LINK HERE