New Year Honours 2020
Afzal Pradhan BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Cricket.”
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Afzal PRADHAN
Volunteer Cricketeer, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
For services to Cricket.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Cricket.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 333 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
549 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours 2020
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Andrew Train
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London, Greater London
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455766. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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