New Year Honours 1969
Ethel Ibbotson Pardoe BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to elderly people in Worcestershire.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to elderly people in Worcestershire.
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New Year Honours 1969“For services to elderly people in Worcestershire.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to elderly people in Worcestershire.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to elderly people in Worcestershire.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 249 times in the New Year Honours List 1969 — about 17% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 1969
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Matron
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Aircraft Mechanician 1st Class Sidney Malcolm Partridge
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alan Milton Porter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
“For services to ex- servicemen.”
Albert Augustus Wilmer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Albert Billett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Albert Blackwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Albert Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Albert Ernest Bentley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Inspector
Albert George Long
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alexander Lovie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alfred George Challis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alfred John Peters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alfred Vaughan Easterbrook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alfred William Ratcliffe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alice Asher
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Alice Hicks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Andrew's Ambulance Corps.
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Ann Bergin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Anne Mary Heaney-Glenn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Annie Hughes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Annie Keehan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
“For services to the community in Canterbury.”
Arthur Christopher Chard Waite
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
Arthur Dangerfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1969
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Others recognised for Children, Young People & Families
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families. See the full list →
Neil Martin
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“For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance.”
Stephen Greene
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Josef Taylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warrington, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
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Llandudno, Clwyd
“For services to Young People.”
Katie Misselbrook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Janet Cooper
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Speech and Language Development for Children and Young People.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Christopher Turner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hockley, Essex
“For services to Young People in Essex.”
Neerasha Singh
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Greenhithe, Kent
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Karen Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtown, Powys
“For services to Young People.”
Pamela Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Jeremy Penn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Young People.”
Michelle John
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Family Support and Advocacy.”
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British Empire Medal · 1969
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1969 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1968.
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