Birthday Honours 2019
Ernest Simon BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Holocaust Education and Remembrance.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Holocaust Education and Remembrance.
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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
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Ernest SIMON
For services to Holocaust Education and Remembrance.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
Birthday Honours 2019- Region
- London
“For services to Holocaust Education and Remembrance.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 318 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 23% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the Birthday Honours 2019
Adriaan Van Zyl
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
“For services to the community in London.”
Alan Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to the community in Foleshill, Coventry.”
Alan Robertson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Inverness-shire
“For voluntary service to Kingussie Camanachd Club.”
Alan Vollans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For voluntary service to Cricket and to the community in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.”
Alexandra Mcnaul
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Antrim
“For services to Education and to the community in Portrush, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Blayney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Down
“For services to the community in Kilcooley, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Kitson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Cumbria
“For services to Nursing.”
Alison Suffield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Allan Schiller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Bristol
“For services to Music and to charity.”
Amanda Richard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For services to the Health and Wellbeing of Older People in the Scottish Borders.”
Andrew Ashbee
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Kent
“For services to the community in Snodland, Kent.”
Andrew Bignell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Hertfordshire
“For services to Public Libraries.”
Andrew Callard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Kent
“For voluntary service to Weightlifting.”
Andrew Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Morley, West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Hitchen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
North Yorkshire
“For services to music in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.”
Andrew Mcclarty
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Londonderry
“For services to charity.”
Andrew Roby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Hertfordshire
“For services to Reducing Deforestation.”
Ann Brogan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Renfrewshire
“For voluntary service in Renfrewshire.”
Anne Bradshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Laboratory Medicine.”
Anne Cunningham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Faringdon, Oxfordshire.”
Anne Kelly
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Pembrokeshire
“For services to Victims of Modern Slavery.”
Annie Johnston
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Antrim
“For services to Irish Craftwork.”
Anthony Collier
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Greater Manchester
“For services to Charity, to Fundraising and to the community in Cheshire.”
Anthony Fox
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
“For services to medical charities and the community.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3295647. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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