Birthday Honours 2023
Christine Evans BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For charitable services to Veterans.”
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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
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Christine EVANS
Area Organiser, Dunfermline, Poppyscotland
For charitable services to Veterans.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Dunfermline, Fife
“For charitable services to Veterans.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 349 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
27 British Empire Medal recipients are from Fife.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
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 Birthday Honours 2023
Aaron Kerr
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Hillsborough, County Down
“For services to Disability Awareness and to Assisted Running in the United Kingdom.”
Agnes Close
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to the community in Belfast.”
Alan Henshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment and to Freshwater Fisheries.”
Alan Naylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
“For services to Young People.”
Albert Duffus
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Forres, Moray
“For services to Boxing, to Veterans and to Charity in Inverness-shire, Aberdeenshire and Moray.”
Alexander Gibson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Brentwood, Essex
“For services to Charity, particularly to People with Motor Neurone Disease.”
Alexander Mcmenemy
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Johnstone, Renfrewshire
“For voluntary service to the Scottish Schools Football Association and to the Scottish Football Association.”
Alison Law (alison Hanscomb)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Staines-Upon-Thames, Surrey
“For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”
Alison Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
“For services to the British Community in Russia.”
Amber Hughes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Oxfordshire
“For services to the community in Oxfordshire.”
Andrew Green
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Sport and to Education.”
Andrew Melvin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Netherlee, Renfrewshire
“For services to Traditional Music and to the community in Glasgow.”
Andrew Padmore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Music.”
Andrew Wing
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Gosport, Hampshire
“For services to the community in Gosport, Hampshire.”
Angela Hewitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
East Cowes, Isle of Wight
“For services to Nature Conservation and Education.”
Angela Mccann
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Craigavon, County Armagh
“For services in Northern Ireland on the Demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”
Ann Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Healthcare Access.”
Ann Steele
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Anndeloris Chacon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Charity and to the community in Bristol.”
Anne Mccormack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Kinross, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Disadvantaged People in Kinross, particularly during Covid-19.”
Anne Mccreadie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to the community in Merkinch, Inverness.”
Anne Wingate
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to Beekeeping.”
Anthony Adkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity.”
Anthony Brooke
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to People with Disabilities.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Martin Kinsey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Military Personnel and their Families.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Andrew Burden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Defence, to Veterans and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Maritime Safety.”
Richard Boswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wallington, Hampshire
“For services to Flood Defence.”
Donna Armstrong
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Frederick Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Larne, County Antrim
“For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.”
Heather Spence
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ware, Hertfordshire
“For voluntary services to Veterans.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Margaret Pedder
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Armed Forces Families.”
Alexandria Page
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Heather Harrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
Anne Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Defence.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4379682. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (Dunfermline, Fife) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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