New Year Honours 1975
Cuthbert Samuel Binder BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to ex-servicemen and ex-service women.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to ex-servicemen and ex-service women.
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to ex-servicemen and ex-service women.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 300 times in the New Year Honours List 1975 — about 21% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
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 1975
Able Seaman Clearance Diver 2 Keith Maclean Geddes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Able Seaman Clearance Diver* David Glyn Morris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Able Seaman Underwater Weapons* Vaughan Stephen Clarke
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Adelaide May Tyers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the Red Cross.”
Alan Fletcher
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Albert Alexander Heather
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the scout movement and the community.”
Albert Harmon West
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Alejandro Monteverde
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alexander Baxter Hall
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alexander Ltd.
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alfred Whitlock
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Driver
Alice Fryer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“for Incurables, Putney.”
Alice Ivy Maile
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alice Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Allan Percy Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Amy Gonzalez
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the com- munity.”
Andrew Allan Hunter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Royal Air Force
Andrew James Brodie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Andrew Marks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Sergeant
Ann Veronica Hughes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Anne Evelyn Clark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to sport.”
Archibald Hume Geikie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the com- munity.”
Arnold William Breame
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Arthur John Brooks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 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.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
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.”
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.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“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.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“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.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
Source & provenance
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British Empire Medal · 1975
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1975 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1974.
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