New Year Honours 2020
Brian Mcleod BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
British Empire Medal · 2020
“For services to Charity.”
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British Empire Medal
Diplomatic service and overseas list 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.
Brian Thomas McLEOD
Entertainer, Spain
For services to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
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 give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Floella Karen Yunies The Baroness BENJAMIN O.B.E. D.L.
For services to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2020“For services to Charity.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 16 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
81 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
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 2020
Caroline Allen
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Caroline Palmer Yeates
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Surrey
“For services to Cancer Medicine.”
Diana Johnson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For charitable and political service.”
Donna Langley-shamshiri
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
“For services to Film and Entertainment.”
Gillian Guy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Public and Voluntary Sectors.”
Julia Unwin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Civil Society.”
Lesley Regan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Women’s Healthcare.”
Lynn Gladden
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Academic and Industrial Research in Chemical Engineering.”
Magdalene Odundo
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Farnham, Surrey
“For services to Art and to Arts Education.”
Olivia Newton-john
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Living Abroad
“For services to Charity, to Cancer Research and to Entertainment.”
Rose Tremain
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Writing.”
Sarah Whatmore
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Study of Environmental Policy.”
Sharon White
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For public service.”
Susan Campbell
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Leicestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Teresa Colomba Graham
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Small Businesses.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
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.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455890. View the official notice ↗
Published 27 December 2019.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454708. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
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