New Year Honours 2024
Christopher Howson BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Chaplain
“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
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
The Reverend Christopher Stewart HOWSON
Chaplain, University of Sunderland
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Chaplain
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- Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 398 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 25% of the list.
In their area
67 British Empire Medal recipients are from Tyne and Wear.
What organisation were they with?
Chaplain.
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.
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Angela Smith
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Anita Davenport-brooks
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Annie Scott
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Peter Scobie
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Audrey Moore
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Fiona Mccullough
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London, Greater London
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Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
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London, Greater London
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4521446. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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