Birthday Honours 2020
Richard Holmes BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
NHS Volunteer Guide
Organisation: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
“Volunteer Guide, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS during Covid-19.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Volunteer Guide, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS during Covid-19.
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
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 in recognition of their contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic:
B.E.M.
Richard David HOLMES
NHS Volunteer Guide, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
For services to the NHS during Covid-19.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63142 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
Birthday Honours 2020- Role at the time
- NHS Volunteer Guide
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- Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“Volunteer Guide, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS during Covid-19.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 553 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 30% of the list.
In their area
227 British Empire Medal recipients are from West Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
NHS Volunteer Guide, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63142, notice 3647445. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Wakefield, West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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