New Year Honours 1975
Ruby Veronica May Benfield BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1975 with the British Empire Medal.
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 1975
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 300 times in the New Year Honours List 1975 — about 21% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours 1975
Able Seaman Clearance Diver 2 Keith Maclean Geddes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Able Seaman Clearance Diver* David Glyn Morris
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Able Seaman Underwater Weapons* Vaughan Stephen Clarke
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Adelaide May Tyers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the Red Cross.”
Alan Fletcher
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Albert Alexander Heather
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the scout movement and the community.”
Albert Harmon West
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Alejandro Monteverde
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alexander Baxter Hall
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alexander Ltd.
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alfred Whitlock
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Driver
Alice Fryer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“for Incurables, Putney.”
Alice Ivy Maile
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Alice Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Allan Percy Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Amy Gonzalez
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the com- munity.”
Andrew Allan Hunter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Royal Air Force
Andrew James Brodie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Andrew Marks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Sergeant
Ann Veronica Hughes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Anne Evelyn Clark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to sport.”
Archibald Hume Geikie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
“For services to the com- munity.”
Arnold William Breame
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
Arthur John Brooks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1975
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British Empire Medal · 1975
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1975 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1974.
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