A SUFFRAGETTE march will be re-enacted to mark the centenary of the death of North-East campaigner Emily Davison.

The recreation of the 1911 Common Cause Poster Parade will take place in Newcastle city centre next Saturday (June 8) – 100 years to the day since Miss Davison died from injuries sustained when she stepped in front of King George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby.

It will be staged by staff and volunteers from Beamish Museum, school pupils and history enthusiasts.

The parade will leave Haymarket at noon and process down Northumberland Street to Grey’s Monument for 12.30pm. At 2pm, there will be a tea party debate in Oliver’s Cafe, in Grainger Market.

Miss Davison was a militant activist for women’s rights. She was jailed nine times and force-fed 49 times.

She was born in London but lived, and is buried, in Northumberland.

Women over 30 gained the vote in 1918.