New Year Honours 2022
John Bramham BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Chair
“For services to Community Heritage.”
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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
01 January 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to award the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
John BRAMHAM
Chair, The Friends of Old Christ Church, Waterloo, Merseyside
For services to Community Heritage.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Chair
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“For services to Community Heritage.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 382 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
95 British Empire Medal recipients are from Merseyside.
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Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
12,550 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours 2022
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David Workman
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Ruth Verner
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John Turner
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Jean Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3957287. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2022).
Published 31 December 2021.
Location (Blundellsands, Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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