New Year Honours 2025
John Hardy BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Volunteer
“For services to the Veteran Community.”
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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
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.
John Barry HARDY
Volunteer, Blind Veterans UK and the Bridgwater Community Hub
For services to the Veteran Community.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Volunteer
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- Bridgwater, Somerset
“For services to the Veteran Community.”
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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
57 British Empire Medal recipients are from Somerset.
What organisation were they with?
Volunteer.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
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
Abdulai-Olaniyi Balogun
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Parliament.”
Aisha Abdus Samad
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Slough, Berkshire
“For services to Children and Young People with SEND.”
Alaa Habbooby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Thames Ditton, Surrey.”
Alan Frost
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Colchester, Essex
“For services to the community in Abberton, Colchester, Essex.”
Alan Kurtz
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Community Pharmacy.”
Alexander Lindsay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Education in Lisburn, County Antrim.”
Alexander Mackintosh
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Nairn County Football Club.”
Alexander Morrice
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to the community in Corhampton and Meonstoke, Hampshire.”
Alexandra Macleod
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to community in Broomhouse, Edinburgh.”
Alexandra Munro
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Oban, Argyll and Bute
“For services to the community in Ardchattan, Argyll.”
Alison Bunce
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Greenock, Renfrewshire
“For services to the community in Inverclyde.”
Alison Kay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Broadstone, Dorset
“For services to the Arts and to Young People.”
Alison Moorey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Waterlooville, Hampshire
“For services to Palliative Care.”
Alison Semmence
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Social Prescribing.”
Allan Muirhead
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Carnforth, Lancashire
“For services to the community in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.”
Andrew Clarke
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire
“For services to Cancer Charities.”
Andrew John
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to the community in Yell.”
Angela Clarke
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Wedmore, Somerset
“For services to Mental Health and to Sufferers of Substance Misuse and Trauma.”
Ann Harvey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Early Years.”
Ann Osborn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Older People and Combatting Loneliness in the communities of Suffolk and Norfolk.”
Anne Croucher
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Dumfries, Dumfries
“For services to the community in Dumfries and Galloway.”
Anne Mcarthur
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Banff, Banffshire
“For services to Scottish Country Dancing and to the community in Portsoy, Banffshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Martin Kinsey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Military Personnel and their Families.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Andrew Burden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Defence, to Veterans and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Maritime Safety.”
Richard Boswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wallington, Hampshire
“For services to Flood Defence.”
Donna Armstrong
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Frederick Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Larne, County Antrim
“For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.”
Heather Spence
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ware, Hertfordshire
“For voluntary services to Veterans.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Margaret Pedder
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Armed Forces Families.”
Alexandria Page
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Heather Harrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
Anne Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Defence.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783836. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Bridgwater, Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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