New Year Honours 2017
Fiona Sinfield BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Music Teacher
“For services to Education and the community in Thamesmead.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Education and the community in Thamesmead.
View London Gazette notice ↗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. Fiona Anne SINFIELD
lately Music Teacher, Linton Mead Primary School, Thamesmead, London
For services to Education and the community in Thamesmead.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
London
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Music Teacher
- Region
- London
“For services to Education and the community in Thamesmead.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 331 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 22% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Music Teacher.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Rutland
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Ann Glenesk
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Ann Orr
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Debra Gray
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Audrey Moore
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Julie Gard
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Lilian Field
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Roy Bowden
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Michael Hamblin
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Wilfred Eaton
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Elizabeth Eaton
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Tariq Obaide
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“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
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Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
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Pauline Smith
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Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2675390. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 31 December 2016.
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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