Birthday Honours 2013
Gerald John FOLEY BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Rugby in Bristol.”
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British Empire Medal
Birthday Honours 2013- Region
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“For services to Rugby in Bristol.”
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“For services to Rugby in Bristol.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 295 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 25% of the list.
In their area
43 British Empire Medal recipients are from Bristol.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the Birthday Honours 2013
Agnes Burgoyne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Lothian
“Manager, Rosebery Centre, Livingston. For services to Older People.”
Aileen Leckey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Down
“Lately School Crossing Patrol Officer, Saintfield, County Down. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.”
Alan Gregory
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lancashire
“Police Community Support Officer, Skerton, Lancaster. For voluntary service to Policing and to the community in Lancashire.”
Alexander Henderson Jack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Clackmannanshire
“For services to the Scouting Movement in Scotland.”
Alyson Ruddick
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“Volunteer Carer. For services to Carers and People with Special Needs in Islington.”
Andrew Benjamin Phillips
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“For services to History and Heritage in Colchester.”
Andrew Mccartney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Aberdeenshire
“For services to the community in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire.”
Andrew Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“School Police Officer and Project Leader, Nowt2do Scheme. For services to Children and Young People in Greater Manchester.”
Angela Marilyn Cox
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For voluntary service to people affected by Breast Cancer in Hertfordshire.”
Angela Pauline Lysbeth Gamble
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“For services to Scouting and to the community in West Mersea, Essex.”
Angela Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For public service and voluntary service through the Lambeth Youth Offending Programme.”
Anisa Haghdadi
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Midlands
“Social Entrepreneur. For services to Education and Young People.”
Ann Murdoch
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lanarkshire
“Service Delivery Manager, Buchanan Bus Station. For services to Transport in the West of Scotland.”
Anna Lovell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dorset
“For services to the community in West Dorset.”
Anna May Wharry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Antrim
“For services to the community in Carnlough, Northern Ireland.”
Anne Elizabeth Seymour
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Surrey
“For services to the community in Dormansland, Surrey.”
Anne Mary Read
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For services to the Community Association of New Eltham, South East London.”
Anne Penelope Bickmore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
East Sussex
“For charitable services through the abcfund in East Sussex.”
Anthony David Dutton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Wombwell, South Yorkshire.”
Arthur Green
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Chairman, 3rd Doncaster Scout Group Executive Committee. For services to Young People and the community in Doncaster.”
Arthur William Bonus
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cambridgeshire
“For services to the community in Rampton, Cambridgeshire.”
Avis Archdale Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“For services to the communities in Leigh and Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Barbara Barnes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dunbartonshire
“For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Dunbartonshire.”
Barbara Elster
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dorset
“Vice President, Diabetes UK, Essex. For services to People Affected by Diabetes.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands”
David Thomas Crowe Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
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British Empire Medal · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Location (Bristol) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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