Birthday Honours 2013
Dorothy Sheila MCILHAGGA BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Founder, The Oldershaw Singers. For services to Music and the community.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder, The Oldershaw Singers. For services to Music and the community.
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British Empire Medal
Birthday Honours 2013- Region
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“Founder, The Oldershaw Singers. For services to Music and the community.”
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Dorothy Sheila Mcilhagga
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Founder, The Oldershaw Singers. For services to Music and the community.”
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Dorothy Sheila Mcilhagga
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Founder, The Oldershaw Singers. For services to Music and the community.”
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Dorothy Sheila Mcilhagga
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Founder, The Oldershaw Singers. For services to Music and the community.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 295 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 25% of the list.
In their area
163 British Empire Medal recipients are from Merseyside.
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 Birthday Honours 2013
Agnes Burgoyne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Lothian
“Manager, Rosebery Centre, Livingston. For services to Older People.”
Aileen Leckey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Down
“Lately School Crossing Patrol Officer, Saintfield, County Down. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.”
Alan Gregory
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lancashire
“Police Community Support Officer, Skerton, Lancaster. For voluntary service to Policing and to the community in Lancashire.”
Alexander Henderson Jack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Clackmannanshire
“For services to the Scouting Movement in Scotland.”
Alyson Ruddick
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“Volunteer Carer. For services to Carers and People with Special Needs in Islington.”
Andrew Benjamin Phillips
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“For services to History and Heritage in Colchester.”
Andrew Mccartney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Aberdeenshire
“For services to the community in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire.”
Andrew Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“School Police Officer and Project Leader, Nowt2do Scheme. For services to Children and Young People in Greater Manchester.”
Angela Marilyn Cox
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For voluntary service to people affected by Breast Cancer in Hertfordshire.”
Angela Pauline Lysbeth Gamble
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“For services to Scouting and to the community in West Mersea, Essex.”
Angela Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For public service and voluntary service through the Lambeth Youth Offending Programme.”
Anisa Haghdadi
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Midlands
“Social Entrepreneur. For services to Education and Young People.”
Ann Murdoch
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lanarkshire
“Service Delivery Manager, Buchanan Bus Station. For services to Transport in the West of Scotland.”
Anna Lovell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dorset
“For services to the community in West Dorset.”
Anna May Wharry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Antrim
“For services to the community in Carnlough, Northern Ireland.”
Anne Elizabeth Seymour
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Surrey
“For services to the community in Dormansland, Surrey.”
Anne Mary Read
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For services to the Community Association of New Eltham, South East London.”
Anne Penelope Bickmore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
East Sussex
“For charitable services through the abcfund in East Sussex.”
Anthony David Dutton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Wombwell, South Yorkshire.”
Arthur Green
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Chairman, 3rd Doncaster Scout Group Executive Committee. For services to Young People and the community in Doncaster.”
Arthur William Bonus
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cambridgeshire
“For services to the community in Rampton, Cambridgeshire.”
Avis Archdale Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“For services to the communities in Leigh and Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Barbara Barnes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dunbartonshire
“For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Dunbartonshire.”
Barbara Elster
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dorset
“Vice President, Diabetes UK, Essex. For services to People Affected by Diabetes.”
In the same field
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”
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British Empire Medal · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Location (Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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