New Year Honours 2020
Sara Crawford BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Inspector
“For services to Mental Health Awareness.”
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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
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Sara Louise CRAWFORD
Inspector, Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
For services to Mental Health Awareness.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Inspector
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- Macclesfield, Cheshire
“For services to Mental Health Awareness.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 311 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
83 British Empire Medal recipients are from Cheshire.
What organisation were they with?
Inspector.
How widely is this recognised?
4,501 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455585. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Macclesfield, Cheshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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