Birthday Honours 2019
James Gourlay BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder
“For services to Youth and Professional Football.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Youth and Professional Football.
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
James Mccrorie GOURLAY
Founder, Vaspar Football Club
For services to Youth and Professional Football.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Ayrshire and Arran
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British Empire Medal
Birthday Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Founder
- Region
- Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Youth and Professional Football.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 318 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
3,337 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
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 Birthday Honours 2019
Adriaan Van Zyl
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
“For services to the community in London.”
Alan Griffiths
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to the community in Foleshill, Coventry.”
Alan Robertson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Inverness-shire
“For voluntary service to Kingussie Camanachd Club.”
Alan Vollans
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For voluntary service to Cricket and to the community in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.”
Alexandra Mcnaul
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Antrim
“For services to Education and to the community in Portrush, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Blayney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Down
“For services to the community in Kilcooley, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Kitson
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Cumbria
“For services to Nursing.”
Alison Suffield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Allan Schiller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Bristol
“For services to Music and to charity.”
Amanda Richard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For services to the Health and Wellbeing of Older People in the Scottish Borders.”
Andrew Ashbee
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Kent
“For services to the community in Snodland, Kent.”
Andrew Bignell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Hertfordshire
“For services to Public Libraries.”
Andrew Callard
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Kent
“For voluntary service to Weightlifting.”
Andrew Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Morley, West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Hitchen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
North Yorkshire
“For services to music in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.”
Andrew Mcclarty
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Londonderry
“For services to charity.”
Andrew Roby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Hertfordshire
“For services to Reducing Deforestation.”
Ann Brogan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Renfrewshire
“For voluntary service in Renfrewshire.”
Anne Bradshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Laboratory Medicine.”
Anne Cunningham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Faringdon, Oxfordshire.”
Anne Kelly
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Pembrokeshire
“For services to Victims of Modern Slavery.”
Annie Johnston
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Antrim
“For services to Irish Craftwork.”
Anthony Collier
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Greater Manchester
“For services to Charity, to Fundraising and to the community in Cheshire.”
Anthony Fox
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
“For services to medical charities and the community.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Children, Young People & Families
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,337 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families. See the full list →
Nigel Brown
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caerphilly, Gwent
“For services to the Welfare of Children and Families.”
Dr Carol Homden
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Children and Families.”
Clive Leslie Gritten
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Children, Young People and the community in Norfolk.”
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance.”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Roger Walton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wirral, Merseyside
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
John Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For voluntary services to Young People and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Josef Taylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warrington, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Alice Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Alness, Ross and Cromarty
“For services to Vulnerable Young People in Alness, Ross and Cromarty.”
Michael Springett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Maldon, Essex
“For services to Young People in the East of England.”
Pundrique Sharma
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southport, Merseyside
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Llandudno, Clwyd
“For services to Young People.”
Douglas Ormston
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Galashiels, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For services to Youth Work in Scotland.”
Katie Misselbrook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Faye Marsh
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Spennymoor, County Durham
“For services to Children and Young People in County Durham.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3295793. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Ayrshire and Arran) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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