New Year Honours 2018
Geoffrey Keating BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Music and charity in Dumfries and Galloway.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Music and charity in Dumfries and Galloway.
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2018- Region
- Dumfries
“For services to Music and charity in Dumfries and Galloway.”
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“For services to Music and charity in Dumfries and Galloway.”
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Geoffrey Keating
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Music and charity in Dumfries and Galloway.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 331 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 24% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 New Year Honours 2018
Adele Silvey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Surrey
“For services to Hospice Patients.”
Adrian Farmer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Derbyshire
“For services to the community in Belper and Derwent Valley, Derbyshire.”
Adrian Jacobs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
London
“For services to Interfaith Relations and the community in the London Borough of Barnet.”
Alan Futter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Berkshire
“For services to People with Visual Impairments.”
Alan Mcintosh
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Banffshire
“For services to the Boys’ Brigade.”
Alan Witham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Norfolk
“For services to the community in Erpingham, Norfolk.”
Alex Oliver
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Durham
“For services to charity and the community in Durham.”
Alfred Scorer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Cheshire
“For services to the community in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.”
Alfred Vickers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
London
“For voluntary service to Sport in Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Bradbury
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Bedfordshire
“For services to the community in Clophill, Bedfordshire.”
Alison Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Suffolk
“For services to the community in Suffolk.”
Alison Reynolds
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Kent
“For services to community Sport in Kent.”
Alistair Mcinnes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Powys
“For voluntary service to Young People.”
Alyson Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Swansea
“For services to Young People and the community in Swansea.”
Amy Smyton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Tyrone
“For services to Local Government and the community in Omagh, County Tyrone.”
Andrea Manson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Dumfries
“For voluntary service to Disability Sport.”
Andrew Bromley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
South Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Andrew Marshallsay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Bedfordshire
“For voluntary service to the Fire Cadets Unit and the Fire Service Youth Training Association.”
Andrew Menmuir
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Angus
“For services to the Scouting Movement in Angus.”
Angeline Lawson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Denbighshire
“For services to Children, the Judiciary and the community in Denbighshire.”
Anita Castellina
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Lancashire
“For services to the community in Cannock.”
Ann Browning
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Hertfordshire
“For charitable services.”
Ann Maria Loader
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Somerset
“For services to charity and the community in Tickenham, North Somerset.”
Ann Mayer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2018
Cheshire
“For services to the community in Bollington, Cheshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2018
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2017.
Location (Dumfries) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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