New Year Honours 2026
Joanna Mackenzie Macqueen BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
• Saint Andrew’s Society; Vice President
“For services to preserving Scottish Traditions in Chile and to UK/Chile relations.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to preserving Scottish Traditions in Chile and to UK/Chile relations.
View London Gazette notice ↗London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Joanna Lucy MACKENZIE MACQUEEN
Chieftain, Saint Andrew’s Society; Vice President, British Commonwealth Society; Advisory Board Member, Royal British Legion
For services to preserving Scottish Traditions in Chile and to UK/Chile relations.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Saint Andrew’s Society; Vice President
“For services to preserving Scottish Traditions in Chile and to UK/Chile relations.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 341 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Saint Andrew’s Society; Vice President.
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 2026
Adam Tinsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Maltby, South Yorkshire.”
Adrian St Clair Emery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For Voluntary Service.”
Adrienne Campbell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowthorne, Berkshire
“For services to the Aviation Industry.”
Alan Brydon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hawick, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For services to Music in Hawick, Scotland.”
Alastair Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stourpaine, Dorset
“For services to the community in Stourpaine, Dorset.”
Alexander Canham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Dalgarno
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Tourism in the North East of Scotland.”
Alice Potter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Woking, Surrey
“For services to Policing and to the community in Surrey.”
Alison Humphreys
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to people with Memory Loss and Dementia.”
Alison Irwin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Portstewart, County Antrim
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.”
Alison Milne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Huntly, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Highland Dancing.”
Alun Clements
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ware, Hertfordshire
“For Voluntary Service.”
Amila Begumahmed (amila Ahmed)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Amy Jackson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Bereaved Parents.”
Amy Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Andrew Cant
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kirkwall, Orkney
“For services to Music in Orkney.”
Andrew Dewhurst
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Christchurch, Dorset
“For Charitable Service.”
Andrew Salter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Defence Engineering and to Young People.”
Angela Buss
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to the community in Blackpool.”
Angela O’callaghan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace.”
Angela Stevenson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support in North East England.”
Angela Wooller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hailsham, East Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Ann Pike
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Livingston, West Lothian
“For service to the community and Third Sector in West Lothian.”
Anna Simmons
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
“For services to Libraries.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5029116. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
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