New Year Honours 2015
Patricia Ann GATES, BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Secretary • National Association of Retired Police Officers
Organisation: National Association of Retired Police Officers
“For services to Policing.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 2015
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Location
Staffordshire
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2015- Role at the time
- Secretary, National Association of Retired Police Officers
- Region
- Staffordshire
“For services to Policing.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Policing.”
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“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 292 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 21% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Secretary, National Association of Retired Police Officers.
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 New Year Honours 2015
Alan Parish,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
London
“For services to Higher Education.”
Alan Paul Vaughton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Warwickshire
Alexander James Firth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Orkney
“For voluntary service in Orkney.”
Alison Graham Hall,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Dumfries
Alison Margaret Purkins,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Midlothian
Amy Innes Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Aberdeen
“For services to the community in Drumoak and Durris, Aberdeenshire.”
Andrew Cornett Clint,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Armagh
“For services to the community in Armagh.”
Angela Catherine Warneken Gold
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Angela Jean Money,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Berkshire
Angela Magon,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Middlesex
“For voluntary service to Young People through the National Mentoring Consortium.”
Ann Chalmers,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Renfrewshire
Anna Margaret Glass
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Tyrone
Anne Barratt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Devon
“For services to Young People in Dunkeswell.”
Anne Helen Grant,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Ayrshire and Arran
Anne Williams,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Leicestershire
“For services to Further Education and to the community in Leicestershire.”
Anthony James Hoare
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Buckinghamshire
Anthony Richard Perry,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Gloucestershire
Anthony Stuart Harris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Somerset
Archibald Frederrick Shepherd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Essex
Arthur James Winfield,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Aberdeen
“For services to Heritage in Aberdeen.”
Arthur John Biggs,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Greater Manchester
“for Young People.”
Ashley Jayne Hall,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Staffordshire
“For services to Education.”
Audrey Jean Apperley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Herefordshire
Barbara Elizabeth Roberts,
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2015
Greater Manchester
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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 · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 31 December 2014.
Location (Staffordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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