Eda Kersey

Eda Kersey (15 May or 16 May 1904 – 13 July 1944) was a British violinist renowned for her brilliant playing. She premiered a number of important works, including the Bax Violin Concerto, but her career was cut short by her early death. Eda Amy Kersey was born in Goodmayes, Essex on 15 May 1904, to John Clode Kersey and Alice Coles. Her father was a storekeeper at the West Ham Borough Asylum in Goodmayes, where Eda was born.