New Year Honours 2024
David Kingsley Hastings BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Branch Secretary, Royal National Lifeboat Institution Durham Fundraising Branch and Community Presenter
“Branch Secretary, Royal National Lifeboat Institution Durham Fundraising Branch and Community Presenter. For voluntary services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Branch Secretary, Royal National Lifeboat Institution Durham Fundraising Branch and Community Presenter. For voluntary services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
View London Gazette noticeLondon 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.
David Kingsley HASTINGS
Branch Secretary, Royal National Lifeboat Institution Durham Fundraising Branch and Community Presenter
For voluntary services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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