She took a hatchet to porcelain in the British Museum, smuggled herself into the House of Commons, committed arson and went on hunger strike during her many arrests.

[1] Lambert smuggled herself into the British Museum where she appeared to be an interested visitor until she pulled out a brand new hatchet she was hiding beneath her long coat.

They had passed legislation allowing the prisoners to be released and then when they were recovered then in theory they were rearrested and returned to complete their sentence.

The police sent around details of "Catherine Wilson" (Lambert) to its officers including a photograph which had been taken in secret whilst she was in jail and a description of fellow suffragette Mary Richardson.

The next day she was in Bow Street court facing another six weeks hard labour in jail.

[5] She was directed by the WPS to work with the women munition workers in Pembury in Wales, and there she met her life partner Violet Louise Croxford[1] who had been a mental health nurse before the war.