New Year Honours 2021
Brigid Doyle BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Higher Education.”
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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
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to award the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Brigid DOYLE
Head of Childcare, Queen’s University Belfast
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
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- Newry, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 428 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 27% of the list.
In their area
104 British Empire Medal recipients are from County Down.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2021
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“For services to the Vulnerable in the community in Handsworth, Birmingham.”
Adrian Thompson
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Alan Emby
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Alan Lane
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Honley, West Yorkshire
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Alan Tapp
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the community in Liverpool.”
Alana Mcallister
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the community in County Antrim.”
Albert Ryder
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London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Tottenham Hale, London.”
Albert Scruby
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Watford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Rowing in Clapton, London.”
Alexander Anderson
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“For voluntary and charitable services to People with Autism in Caerleon-on-Usk, Wales.”
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“For services to People with Intellectual Disabilities.”
Alison Scott
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Batley, West Yorkshire
“For services to Victims of Crime and to Charity in Leeds.”
Alistair Forbes
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Charity during the Covid-19 Response.”
Aminur Rahman
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Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education.”
Amy Farrell
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Wirral, Merseyside
“For services to the NHS during the Covid-19 Response.”
Anand Bhatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and the community in Leicester.”
Andrew Bendon
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Willingham, Cambridgeshire
“For voluntary service in Cambridgeshire particularly during the Covid-19 Response.”
Andrew Rowe-holliday
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“For services to Social Care, particularly during the COVID-19 Response.”
Andrew Wildgoose
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“For services to Charitable Fundraising during Covid-19.”
Ann Ball
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“For services to the community in Shoreham, Kent.”
Ann Gumery
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Ann Hill
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Dumfries, Dumfries
“For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Dumfriesshire.”
Anne Claydon
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“For services to Nursing during Covid-19.”
In the same field
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Stephen Thurston Munby
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Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Rachael Ross
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Debra Gray
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“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Dawn Tinley
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Keri Scott
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Catherine Grove
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Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3705116. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Newry, County Down) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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