New Year Honours 1989
Mary Coles BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to the community in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to the community in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 1989
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 1989“For services to the community in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.”
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“For services to the community in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 250 times in the New Year Honours List 1989 — about 21% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
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 1989
Alan Lawrence Jeffreys
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Constable
Albert James Daniel McCALL
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Alfred Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
“For services to the community in East Halton, South Humberside.”
Allan William Gault
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Sergeant
Alma Bailey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Andrew Alexander Duncan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
“For services to the community in Saltcoats, Ayrshire.”
Anne Simpson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Annie Hodson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Annie Jackson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
“For services to the community in Bolton, Lancashire.”
Anthony Ernest David Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Anthony Trevor Bastable
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Manager
Arthur Alan Barlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Arthur Frederick Clements
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Arthur Kay Clayton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
“For services to English Heritage.”
Arthur McCALLION
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Arthur Ralph Pointer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Aubrey Burton-Durham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Audrey Marshall
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Constable
Barbara McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Barry Leonard Stokes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Bashir Ahmed
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Ben Howard Tinton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Bertram Reginald Rooke
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
Beryl Margaret Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1989
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
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.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 1989
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1989 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1988.
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