New Year Honours 2023
Peter Davies BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Education.”
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Peter Offord DAVIES
Reading Volunteer, Dean Valley Community Primary School, Bollington, Macclesfield
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2023- Region
- Bollington, Cheshire
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 330 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 22% of the list.
In their area
83 British Empire Medal recipients are from Cheshire.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Others recognised for Education
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Eleanor Keeley
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4247514. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (Bollington, Cheshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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