New Year Honours 2017
Rodney Scott BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Chairman
“For voluntary service to Veterans.”
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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 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Rodney William SCOTT
lately Chairman, The Desert Rats Association
For voluntary service to Veterans.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Suffolk
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Chairman
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- Suffolk
“For voluntary service to Veterans.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 331 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 22% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Fermanagh
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Ann Rudeforth
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Anna Hamilton
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Martin Kinsey
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Scott Caswell
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Andrew Burden
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Richard Boswell
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Wallington, Hampshire
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Donna Armstrong
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Roderick Wood
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Inverness, Inverness-shire
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Frederick Stewart
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“For services to Defence.”
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“For services to Defence.”
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London, Greater London
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Margaret Pedder
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Alexandria Page
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
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Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
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Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Heather Harrison
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Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
Anne Carr
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
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Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
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Hereford, Herefordshire
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2675388. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 31 December 2016.
Location (Suffolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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