Birthday Honours 2023
Geoffrey Cole BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Chairman
“For services to Horticulture and to the Environment.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Horticulture and to the Environment.
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Geoffrey COLE
Chairman, Birmingham Trees for Life
For services to Horticulture and to the Environment.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Horticulture and to the Environment.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 349 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
147 British Empire Medal recipients are from West Midlands.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
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 Birthday Honours 2023
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Andrew Melvin
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“For services to Music.”
Andrew Wing
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Gosport, Hampshire
“For services to the community in Gosport, Hampshire.”
Angela Hewitt
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East Cowes, Isle of Wight
“For services to Nature Conservation and Education.”
Angela Mccann
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Craigavon, County Armagh
“For services in Northern Ireland on the Demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”
Ann Norman
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Southampton, Hampshire
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Ann Steele
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Anndeloris Chacon
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Charity and to the community in Bristol.”
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Kinross, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Disadvantaged People in Kinross, particularly during Covid-19.”
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Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to the community in Merkinch, Inverness.”
Anne Wingate
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“For services to Beekeeping.”
Anthony Adkins
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London, Greater London
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
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In the same field
Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
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Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
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Bangor, County Down
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Adrian Isaac
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Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
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Badminton, Gloucestershire
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Caterina Goodhart
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London, Greater London
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Ian Glendinning
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“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
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Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
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Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
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Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
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Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
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Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
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Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
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Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
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Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
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Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
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Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4379638. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (Birmingham, West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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