New Year Honours 1980
Margaret Minna Abbotts BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to youth.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 1980
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“For services to youth.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 118 times in the New Year Honours List 1980 — about 20% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
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 1980
Adele Hamilton Patterson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to the community.”
Aircraft Artificer 1 John Dayton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
Airman Richard Martinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
Albert Edward Boucher
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For community service.”
Albert Edward Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For his contribution to the 150th Anniversary Celebrations.”
Alice Eva Holland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For services to the community.”
Allan Banks Carvosso
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For services to the community.”
Anne Godfrey-Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to the theatre.”
Annie Boyd Gemmell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For community service.”
Annie Hansen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For services to the community.”
Annie Watson Payne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For services to the community.”
Arthur James Cowley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to youth sporting organisations.”
Arthur Kingsley Adams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to cycling and the community.”
Beatrice Emma Foster Gerdes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to the community.”
Beatty Edith McLEAN
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For community service.”
Betty Lipton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to elderly citizens.”
Bruce Roy Taylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For emergency services.”
Chris McCONNELL
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to the community.”
Clara Elena Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to ethnic communities.”
Clara Elizabeth May Hoffman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For services to the community.”
Claudine Marie Stuart Matheson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For community service.”
Clyde Ernest Stiff
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
“For service to the State.”
Communications Yeoman Raymond John Cotton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
Cook Brian Lawson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1980
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Others recognised for Children, Young People & Families
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families. See the full list →
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance.”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Josef Taylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warrington, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Llandudno, Clwyd
“For services to Young People.”
Katie Misselbrook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Janet Cooper
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Speech and Language Development for Children and Young People.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
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.”
Christopher Turner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hockley, Essex
“For services to Young People in Essex.”
Neerasha Singh
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Greenhithe, Kent
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Karen Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtown, Powys
“For services to Young People.”
Pamela Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Jeremy Penn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Young People.”
Michelle John
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Family Support and Advocacy.”
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British Empire Medal · 1980
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1980 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1979.
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