Birthday Honours 2021
Sara Barlow BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Postmaster
“For services to Business and to the community in Rainhill.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Business and to the community in Rainhill.
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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
12 June 2021
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:
B.E.M.
Sara BARLOW
Postmaster, Rainhill Post Office
For services to Business and to the community in Rainhill.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
Birthday Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Postmaster
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- St. Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Business and to the community in Rainhill.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 344 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
98 British Empire Medal recipients are from Merseyside.
What organisation were they with?
Postmaster.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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 Birthday Honours 2021
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Amanda Guest
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Andrea Hurren
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Andrew Hewish
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Andrew Morgan
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“For services to Education.”
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Ann Johnson
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In the same field
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Natalie Wade
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Wendy Carlin
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James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
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Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
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Louise Ellis-frankland
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
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George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3818463. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (St. Helens, Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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