New Year Honours 2013
Richelle WALSH BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Customer Service Assistant, Northern Rail Greenfield Station. For services to the Rail Industry and to the community in Oldham.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Customer Service Assistant, Northern Rail Greenfield Station. For services to the Rail Industry and to the community in Oldham.
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2013- Region
- Greater Manchester
“Customer Service Assistant, Northern Rail Greenfield Station. For services to the Rail Industry and to the community in Oldham.”
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Richelle Walsh
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Customer Service Assistant, Northern Rail Greenfield Station. For services to the Rail Industry and to the community in Oldham.”
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Richelle Walsh
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Customer Service Assistant, Northern Rail Greenfield Station. For services to the Rail Industry and to the community in Oldham.”
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Richelle Walsh
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Customer Service Assistant, Northern Rail Greenfield Station. For services to the Rail Industry and to the community in Oldham.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
245 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater Manchester.
How widely is this recognised?
3,730 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2013
Adam Forshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“For services to Young People through Scouting and Martial Arts in Cheshire.”
Agnes Cadger
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Ayrshire and Arran
“Club Secretary, Scottish Classic Racing Motor Club. For services to Motorcycle Racing.”
Agnes Jane Elizabeth Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Shetland
“Crofter. For services to Crofting in Shetland.”
Alan George Hooker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For services to Scouting and to the community in Little Hallingbury, Essex.”
Alan George Parry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer Chairman, Lion Youth Club, Hoxton, London. For services to Children and Young People.”
Alan John Stewart Kilpatrick
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Glasgow
“Director, Friends of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. For services to the Welfare of People with Cancer in the West of Scotland.”
Albert Leonard Patient
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer, South Benfleet Primary School. For services to Education.”
Alexander Russell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Fife
“For services to the community in Kinglassie, Fife.”
Alice Anne Bovill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dundee
“Chair, St Mary's Association of Residents and Tenants. For services to the community in Dundee.”
Alison Bevan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“Director, Penlee House, Penzance. For services to Cultural Heritage in Cornwall.”
Amanda Elizabeth Kimmins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community of St Agnes, Cornwall”
Andrea Finn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to the community in Wood Green, Hampshire.”
Ann Lesley Priestman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Shelley, West Yorkshire.”
Ann Margaret Barwood
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Devon
“For voluntary services to Exeter Cathedral.”
Anne Vera Helen Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Kent
“For services to Elderly People in Hildenborough, Kent.”
Anthony Hopkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Berkshire
“Associate Director of Day Care Services, Broadmoor Hospital. For services to Nursing.”
Arthur Hoyle Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“For services to Christ Church, Walmersley, Lancashire.”
Asim Iftikhar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For services to the community in Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Avneet Gill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“Trailblazer Volunteer. For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Barbara Elaine Sabin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to the Salvation Army and to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.”
Barbara Snowling
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community in Crafthole, Cornwall.”
Barry Buxton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lincolnshire
“For services to the community in Ropsley, Lincolnshire.”
Beryl Anne Duggan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“Welfare Officer, Northwest Branch, British Retinitus Pigmentosa Society. For services to charity.”
Beryl Daisy Lillie Emery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Warwickshire
“For charitable services in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
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Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,730 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Bridget Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“Chief Executive Officer, British Adhesives and Sealants Association. For services to the Chemicals Industry”
Gregory Walter Thompson McKINLEY
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“Operations Director, The Gallaher Trust. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland”
Erica Sarah Maxwell
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Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland”
Alan Thomas Halcrow
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“Chair, Clear Drains Ltd. For services to the Drainage Industry”
James Breingan Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“Director, Windermere Lake Cruises. For services to Tourism”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“Head of Kitchen, Grogarry Lodge. For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist”
Tina Patricia Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“Chief Operations Officer, Emerging Markets Quality Trials Ltd. For services to Science and to Trade”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“Founder and Director, Purple Frog Systems and Fraggleworks. For services to Women in Business”
John Alexander Wagner
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“Comics Writer. For services to British Comic Books and the Comic Book Industry”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, Enginuity. For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector”
Meurig Thomas
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Treorchy, Mid Glamorgan
“Trade Union Convenor at Hinkley Point C, Unite the Union. For services to the Trade Union Movement”
Kirsty Thatcher (Kirsty Leighton)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Milk & Honey PR, Hive PR Group. For services to the Public Relations Industry”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“Chair, Focus SB. For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, South Yorkshire
“Regional Development Director, The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. For services to Manufacturing”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“Programme Director Fuel Cycle Area, NRS Dounreay. For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“Managing Director, Bridgeway Consulting Ltd. For services to the Railway Industry”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“Managing Director, Laser Micromachining. For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing”
Elizabeth Jane Prince
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“Business Manager, Amiqus, Founder, G into Gaming and Co-Founder, Empower Up. For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“Managing Director, Regency Group. For services to Business and Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire”
Caroline Agnes Millar
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dundee, Angus
“Sector Lead, Scottish Agritourism. For services to Agritourism and to the Rural Economy in Scotland”
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British Empire Medal · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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