New Year Honours 2025
Lorraine Best BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Personal Assistant
“For Public Service.”
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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.
Lorraine BEST
Personal Assistant, H.M.Treasury
For Public Service.
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
- Personal Assistant
- Region
- London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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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
535 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Personal Assistant.
How widely is this recognised?
2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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
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PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
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“For services to Parliament.”
Aisha Abdus Samad
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Slough, Berkshire
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Alaa Habbooby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Thames Ditton, Surrey.”
Alan Frost
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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 Government & Public Service
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Simon Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Moira Chrystal
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Local Government and to the community in Ramsey, Isle of Man.”
Brian Robertson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Emily Jarvis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Caroline Bird
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Graham Metcalfe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Welton, Lincolnshire
“For Public Service.”
Alison Lawson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Andrea Kinver
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For Public Service.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For Public Service.”
Samuel Jenkins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christopher Howarth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southport, Merseyside
“For Public Service.”
Anne Holland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783728. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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