New Year Honours 1976
James Donaldson BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
• Polmont Borstal Institution
Organisation: Polmont Borstal Institution
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1976 with the British Empire Medal.
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 1976
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New Year Honours 1976- Role at the time
- Polmont Borstal Institution
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 316 times in the New Year Honours List 1976 — about 21% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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 New Year Honours 1976
Agnes Hamilton-Brown
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
“For services to the community in Kalgoorlie.”
Aircraft Mechanician l Gordon William French
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Alan Elijah Hearnah
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Alan William Allcock
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
“For services to forestry.”
Albert Arthur Hook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Albert Conrad Callister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Albert Edmund McCLURE
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Albert Edward Passmore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Albert Sidney Taylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Albert Stanfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Albert Stanley Alston
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Albert Thomas Leonard Wilder
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Driver
Albert William George Simmons
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Alec Leonard Gray
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Alfred Franklyn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Alfred Hart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Alice Elizabeth Coombes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Alice Ethelwyn Read
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
“For services to the community.”
Allen George James
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
“For services to the community.”
Alwyn Melville Wilkinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
“For ser- vices to band music.”
Amelia Edith Thomas
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Amelia Elizabeth Steenholdt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
“For ser- vices to the community.”
Amos Lloyd Ramsden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
Amuri Russell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1976
“For ser- vices to the community.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 1976
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1976 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1975.
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