Birthday Honours 2020
Casyo Johnson BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Music and to the community in Croydon.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Music and to the community in Croydon.
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to award the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Casyo JOHNSON
For services to Music and to the community in Croydon.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Music and to the community in Croydon.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 551 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 30% of the list.
In their area
549 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Mukesh Sharma
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John Fannon
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“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Daniel Crow
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David Cottle
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Marilyn Blieck
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Christopher Gaze
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Peter Talbot
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Lisa Riley
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Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
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Suzanne Raine
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3646837. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
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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