Birthday Honours 2018
Pavandeep Ahluwalia BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to the Beauty Industry. (Mrs Dhanjal).”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to the Beauty Industry. (Mrs Dhanjal).
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Ms Pavandeep AHLUWALIA
Henna Artist
For services to the Beauty Industry. (Mrs Dhanjal).
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Essex
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British Empire Medal
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“For services to the Beauty Industry. (Mrs Dhanjal).”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 331 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 25% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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 2018
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Gwent
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Northamptonshire
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Berwickshire
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Herefordshire
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Merseyside
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Cornwall
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Ann Liverton
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Devon
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Staffordshire
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Perth and Kinross
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Anne Ross
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Families of Young People with Special Needs.”
Anne Rush
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Norfolk
“For services to the community in Barnham Village, North Suffolk.”
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Devon
“For services to the community and to charity in North Devon.”
Anne Veck
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Staffordshire
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Natalie Wade
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Wendy Carlin
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Neeta Atkar
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Raymond Pritchard
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Gregory Mckinley
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James Fraser
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Hollie Whittles
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Ann Watson
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Gary Stevens
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“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
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Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
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Sakilbabu Kola
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3042411. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 9 June 2018.
Location (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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