New Year Honours 2013
Diana Elizabeth MCDOWELL BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Heritage in Shaftesbury, Dorset through the Gold Hill Museum.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Heritage in Shaftesbury, Dorset through the Gold Hill Museum.
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British Empire Medal
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“For services to Heritage in Shaftesbury, Dorset through the Gold Hill Museum.”
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Diana Elizabeth Mcdowell
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
111 British Empire Medal recipients are from Dorset.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 2013
Adam Forshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“For services to Young People through Scouting and Martial Arts in Cheshire.”
Agnes Cadger
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Ayrshire and Arran
“Club Secretary, Scottish Classic Racing Motor Club. For services to Motorcycle Racing.”
Agnes Jane Elizabeth Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Shetland
“Crofter. For services to Crofting in Shetland.”
Alan George Hooker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For services to Scouting and to the community in Little Hallingbury, Essex.”
Alan George Parry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer Chairman, Lion Youth Club, Hoxton, London. For services to Children and Young People.”
Alan John Stewart Kilpatrick
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Glasgow
“Director, Friends of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. For services to the Welfare of People with Cancer in the West of Scotland.”
Albert Leonard Patient
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer, South Benfleet Primary School. For services to Education.”
Alexander Russell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Fife
“For services to the community in Kinglassie, Fife.”
Alice Anne Bovill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dundee
“Chair, St Mary's Association of Residents and Tenants. For services to the community in Dundee.”
Alison Bevan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“Director, Penlee House, Penzance. For services to Cultural Heritage in Cornwall.”
Amanda Elizabeth Kimmins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community of St Agnes, Cornwall”
Andrea Finn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to the community in Wood Green, Hampshire.”
Ann Lesley Priestman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Shelley, West Yorkshire.”
Ann Margaret Barwood
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Devon
“For voluntary services to Exeter Cathedral.”
Anne Vera Helen Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Kent
“For services to Elderly People in Hildenborough, Kent.”
Anthony Hopkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Berkshire
“Associate Director of Day Care Services, Broadmoor Hospital. For services to Nursing.”
Arthur Hoyle Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“For services to Christ Church, Walmersley, Lancashire.”
Asim Iftikhar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For services to the community in Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Avneet Gill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“Trailblazer Volunteer. For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Barbara Elaine Sabin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to the Salvation Army and to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.”
Barbara Snowling
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community in Crafthole, Cornwall.”
Barry Buxton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lincolnshire
“For services to the community in Ropsley, Lincolnshire.”
Beryl Anne Duggan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“Welfare Officer, Northwest Branch, British Retinitus Pigmentosa Society. For services to charity.”
Beryl Daisy Lillie Emery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Warwickshire
“For charitable services in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Dorset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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