New Year Honours 2017
Elizabeth Blackburn BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
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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
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wells BLACKBURN
Support Worker, The William Henry Smith School, West Yorkshire
For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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West Yorkshire
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“For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
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The British Empire Medal was awarded 331 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 22% of the list.
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2674584. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 31 December 2016.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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