New Year Honours 2025
Ian Walker BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Secretary
“For services to Sport and to the community in Rotherham.”
Timeline
British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Sport and to the community in Rotherham.
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 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Ian WALKER
Secretary, Rotherham Community Football Club
For services to Sport and to the community in Rotherham.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Secretary
- Region
- Rotherham, South Yorkshire
“For services to Sport and to the community in Rotherham.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 335 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 22% of the list.
In their area
63 British Empire Medal recipients are from South Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
Secretary.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 2025
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Alaa Habbooby
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Alan Frost
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Colchester, Essex
“For services to the community in Abberton, Colchester, Essex.”
Alan Kurtz
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Alexander Lindsay
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Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Education in Lisburn, County Antrim.”
Alexander Mackintosh
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Nairn County Football Club.”
Alexander Morrice
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to the community in Corhampton and Meonstoke, Hampshire.”
Alexandra Macleod
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Alexandra Munro
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Oban, Argyll and Bute
“For services to the community in Ardchattan, Argyll.”
Alison Bunce
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Greenock, Renfrewshire
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Alison Kay
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Broadstone, Dorset
“For services to the Arts and to Young People.”
Alison Moorey
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Waterlooville, Hampshire
“For services to Palliative Care.”
Alison Semmence
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Social Prescribing.”
Allan Muirhead
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Carnforth, Lancashire
“For services to the community in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.”
Andrew Clarke
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Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire
“For services to Cancer Charities.”
Andrew John
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Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
“For services to Charity and to Business.”
Andrew Letchford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Nisbet
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Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to the community in Yell.”
Angela Clarke
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Wedmore, Somerset
“For services to Mental Health and to Sufferers of Substance Misuse and Trauma.”
Ann Harvey
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Early Years.”
Ann Osborn
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Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Older People and Combatting Loneliness in the communities of Suffolk and Norfolk.”
Anne Croucher
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Dumfries, Dumfries
“For services to the community in Dumfries and Galloway.”
Anne Mcarthur
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Banff, Banffshire
“For services to Scottish Country Dancing and to the community in Portsoy, Banffshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Nigel Travis
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Boxing and the community in Moss Side, Greater Manchester.”
David Dein
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London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Gabrielle Logan
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Emily Scarratt
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Coalville, Leicestershire
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Leah Williamson
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St Albans, Hertfordshire
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Johanna Norman
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Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.”
David 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 Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Jennifer Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
David Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan 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 Mcdonald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Junior Athletics.”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Leslie France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan.”
Linda Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports.”
George Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4784012. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Rotherham, South Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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