Birthday Honours 1974
Maxwell Neil WEST-McINNES BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
• For his community services in times of stress and emergency
“For his community services in times of stress and emergency.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For his community services in times of stress and emergency.
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“For his community services in times of stress and emergency.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For his community services in times of stress and emergency.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 259 times in the Birthday Honours List 1974 — about 18% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For his community services in times of stress and emergency.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
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 Birthday Honours 1974
Abdul Emerun Mahomed Rafeek
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Adam Drysdale
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Albert Austin Collins
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Albert Edward Davies
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Constable
Albert Edward Walter Collins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Albert Ernest Nickes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Albert Leslie Stroud
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
“for Northern Ireland.”
Albert Shepherd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Albert William Frederick Crabb
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Albert William Legrand
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Alexander Mackenzie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Alfred Beashel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
“For services to sport.”
Alfred Johnson of Eromanga
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
“For his community services in times of stress and emergency.”
Alfred Newman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Alfred William Johnson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Amy Isaline Keetch
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
“For services to the community.”
Amy Rose Pond
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Andrew Listen Banyard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Andrew Weir Coid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Sergeant
Annie Elizabeth Lily Spork
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
“For her devoted services to Senior Citizens.”
Arthur Aubrey Budd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
“For services to the community.”
Arthur Lawrence Polk
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Arthur Lindsay Gray
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
Assistant Manager
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1974
“For services to the com- munity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public 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.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 1974
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1974 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1974.
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