New Year Honours 2020
“For services to the community in Aldershot, Hampshire and Elstead, Surrey”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to the community in Aldershot, Hampshire and Elstead, Surrey
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Dr. Jocelyn Oswald Dobbie JOHNSTON
For services to the community in Aldershot, Hampshire, and Elstead, Surrey.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the community in Aldershot, Hampshire and Elstead, Surrey”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 333 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
220 British Empire Medal recipients are from Surrey.
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How widely is this recognised?
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Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455662. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 30 December 2019.
Location (Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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