New Year Honours 1983
Leonard Henry BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
• Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
Organisation: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1983 with the British Empire Medal.
London Gazette page
British Empire Medal (BEM) · 1983
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New Year Honours 1983- Role at the time
- Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 263 times in the New Year Honours List 1983 — about 20% of the list.
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Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 1983
Ada Street
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For charitable services to dia- betic research.”
Airman William Hugh Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Alan George Cook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Alan Richardson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Albert Edward John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For charitable ser- vices to the Swansea and West Wales Cancer Aid Society.”
Albert Ernest Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Albert Franklin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For services to the Royal __ British Legion in Northamptonshire.”
Alec Ashley Mason
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For services to the Royal British Legion in Bratton, Wiltshire.”
Alexander Cargill Paton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For services to the community, particularly local hospitals, in Suffolk.”
Alexander John Baxter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Royal Marines
Alfred Chappory
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Alfred Henry Hughes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Alfred Stewart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Alfreda Olive Day
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For service to the arts.”
Alice Southworth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Alwyn Brian Young
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Royal Marines
Andrews Ambulance Corps.
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Antonis Anastasi Carantonis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Antony Benedict Sutton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Archibald Ferguson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Archibald Hugh MacDonald Burnie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For services'to the conT- munity in Tongue and district.”
Arthur Hammond Browne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
“For services to poultry keeping in Norfolk.”
Arthur Hardman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
Arthur Richard Woolley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1983
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 1983
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1983 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1982.
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