New Year Honours 1988
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1988 with the British Empire Medal.
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 1988
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 1988- Role at the time
- Chief Officer, Grade II
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 253 times in the New Year Honours List 1988 — about 21% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Officer, Grade II.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 1988
Alan Lockett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Alan Matthew Turnock
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Albert Edwin North
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
“For services to youth and the community in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.”
Albert Francis Rutter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Albert Last
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
“For servicesto the Royal BritishLegion in Nottingham.”
Albert WilliamSALISBURY
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Alexander Bennett Allan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Alexander Henderson McGHEE
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Alexander John Macdonald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Alexander Robertson Calder
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Alice Miller Green
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Allan Francis McGUIRE
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
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Andrew Coogan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Anne Eva Rosalind Davies
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
“For services to the .community in Llanybydder,Dyfed.”
Anthony Brooks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Arthur Edward Ham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
“For services to the community in Charlcombe, Avon.”
Arthur Geoffrey Rudd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Arthur James Davey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Barbara Jean Greenfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Bernard Elwall
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Bernard Frank Newman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Bernard Hall
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Bertha Patricia Farren
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1988
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 1988
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1988 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1987.
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