New Year Honours 2019
David BROWN BEM
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to the community in Matlock and Bakewell, Derbyshire.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to the community in Matlock and Bakewell, Derbyshire.
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
David BROWN
For services to the community in Matlock and Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2010- Region
- Derbyshire
“For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2019- Region
- Derbyshire
“For services to the community in Matlock and Bakewell, Derbyshire.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 367 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 25% of the list.
In their area
83 British Empire Medal recipients are from Derbyshire.
How widely is this recognised?
11,402 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2019
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Somerset
“Police Constable, Avon and Somerset Constabulary. For services to Policing and the community in Bath.”
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Wiltshire
“For services to the community in Mere, Wiltshire.”
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Essex
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Wiltshire
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Northumberland
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London
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Cheshire
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Berkshire
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Alan Smith
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Kent
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Alicia Jane Weston
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London
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Alison Jane Bennett
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Dorset
“For services to the community in Bere Regis, Dorset.”
Alison Rosemary Rae
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Buckinghamshire
“Trustee and Secretary, Marlow Opportunity Playgroup. For services to Children with Disabilities.”
Alistair Macfadyen Livingston
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Argyll and Bute
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Alistair Whitelaw
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“Officer, 1st Lenzie Company. For services to the Boys' Brigade in East Dunbartonshire.”
Allan Beveridge
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Tweeddale
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Alun Edward Humphreys
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Mid Glamorgan
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Middlesex
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Amanda Guiditta Kopel
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Angus
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Hertfordshire
“For services to the community in Kimpton, Hertfordshire.”
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East Lothian
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Essex
“Police Constable, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing.”
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
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Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Ruth Verner
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Antrim, County Antrim
“For services to the community in County Antrim”
Christine Joy Wheatley
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
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Darren Ward
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Olney, Buckinghamshire
“Lately Railwayman, West Midlands Trains and Freightliner Group. For Charitable Service, particularly to Birmingham Children's Hospital”
John Turner
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Carnforth, Lancashire
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Alison Turner
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Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
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Jean Mary Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
“For services to the community in Windsor, Berkshire”
Donald Richard Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
“For services to the community in Windsor, Berkshire”
Hazel Tomkins
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Volunteer, The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow. For Charitable Service”
Graham Syrett
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the community in Cotham and Kingsdown, Bristol”
Jennifer Jaculin Thomas
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Beryl Shirley Stubbins
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Downham Market, Norfolk
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Neville Percy Stephens
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Craven Arms, Shropshire
“For services to the community in Craven Arms, Shropshire”
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2010.
British Empire Medal · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3177700. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 29 December 2018.
Location (Derbyshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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