New Year Honours 2013
Irene Alice WILLS BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to the Pisces Swimming Club and to the community in Plymouth, Devon.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to the Pisces Swimming Club and to the community in Plymouth, Devon.
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2013- Region
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“For services to the Pisces Swimming Club and to the community in Plymouth, Devon.”
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Irene Alice Wills
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Irene Alice Wills
British Empire Medal (BEM)
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to the Pisces Swimming Club and to the community in Plymouth, Devon.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
200 British Empire Medal recipients are from Devon.
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 New Year Honours 2013
Adam Forshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“For services to Young People through Scouting and Martial Arts in Cheshire.”
Agnes Cadger
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Ayrshire and Arran
“Club Secretary, Scottish Classic Racing Motor Club. For services to Motorcycle Racing.”
Agnes Jane Elizabeth Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Shetland
“Crofter. For services to Crofting in Shetland.”
Alan George Hooker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For services to Scouting and to the community in Little Hallingbury, Essex.”
Alan George Parry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer Chairman, Lion Youth Club, Hoxton, London. For services to Children and Young People.”
Alan John Stewart Kilpatrick
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Glasgow
“Director, Friends of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. For services to the Welfare of People with Cancer in the West of Scotland.”
Albert Leonard Patient
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer, South Benfleet Primary School. For services to Education.”
Alexander Russell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Fife
“For services to the community in Kinglassie, Fife.”
Alice Anne Bovill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dundee
“Chair, St Mary's Association of Residents and Tenants. For services to the community in Dundee.”
Alison Bevan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“Director, Penlee House, Penzance. For services to Cultural Heritage in Cornwall.”
Amanda Elizabeth Kimmins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community of St Agnes, Cornwall”
Andrea Finn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to the community in Wood Green, Hampshire.”
Ann Lesley Priestman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Shelley, West Yorkshire.”
Ann Margaret Barwood
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Devon
“For voluntary services to Exeter Cathedral.”
Anne Vera Helen Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Kent
“For services to Elderly People in Hildenborough, Kent.”
Anthony Hopkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Berkshire
“Associate Director of Day Care Services, Broadmoor Hospital. For services to Nursing.”
Arthur Hoyle Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“For services to Christ Church, Walmersley, Lancashire.”
Asim Iftikhar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For services to the community in Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Avneet Gill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“Trailblazer Volunteer. For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Barbara Elaine Sabin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to the Salvation Army and to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.”
Barbara Snowling
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community in Crafthole, Cornwall.”
Barry Buxton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lincolnshire
“For services to the community in Ropsley, Lincolnshire.”
Beryl Anne Duggan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“Welfare Officer, Northwest Branch, British Retinitus Pigmentosa Society. For services to charity.”
Beryl Daisy Lillie Emery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Warwickshire
“For charitable services in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Devon) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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