Birthday Honours 2019
John Griffin BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Running in Wales.”
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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.
John David GRIFFIN
For services to Running in Wales.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Cardiff
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British Empire Medal
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“For services to Running in Wales.”
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The British Empire Medal was awarded 318 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 23% of the list.
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
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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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Kent
“For services to the community in Snodland, Kent.”
Andrew Bignell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Hertfordshire
“For services to Public Libraries.”
Andrew Callard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
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.”
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British Empire Medal · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3295419. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Cardiff) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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