New Year Honours 2021
Sharon Thorpe BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Paramedics and Ambulance Staff.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Paramedics and Ambulance Staff.
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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 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to award the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Sharon Grace THORPE
Clinical Team Leader, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
For services to Paramedics and Ambulance Staff.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
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- Newport, Gwent
“For services to Paramedics and Ambulance Staff.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 428 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 27% of the list.
In their area
47 British Empire Medal recipients are from Gwent.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
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 2021
Aakash Odedra
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Leicester.”
Adassa Reid
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to the Vulnerable in the community in Handsworth, Birmingham.”
Adrian Thompson
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For charitable services to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.”
Alan Emby
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“For services to the community in Broadstairs, Kent.”
Alan King
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Barnet, Greater London
“For services to Young People in the London Borough of Barnet.”
Alan Lane
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Honley, West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in South Leeds during Covid-19.”
Alan Tapp
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the community in Liverpool.”
Alana Mcallister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the community in County Antrim.”
Albert Ryder
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Tottenham Hale, London.”
Albert Scruby
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Watford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Rowing in Clapton, London.”
Alexander Anderson
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Newport, Gwent
“For voluntary and charitable services to People with Autism in Caerleon-on-Usk, Wales.”
Alexander Toogood, (sandy Toogood)
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Ruthin, Clwyd
“For services to People with Intellectual Disabilities.”
Alison Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Batley, West Yorkshire
“For services to Victims of Crime and to Charity in Leeds.”
Alistair Forbes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Charity during the Covid-19 Response.”
Aminur Rahman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education.”
Amy Farrell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Wirral, Merseyside
“For services to the NHS during the Covid-19 Response.”
Anand Bhatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and the community in Leicester.”
Andrew Bendon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Willingham, Cambridgeshire
“For voluntary service in Cambridgeshire particularly during the Covid-19 Response.”
Andrew Rowe-holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Social Care, particularly during the COVID-19 Response.”
Andrew Wildgoose
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Dunbar, East Lothian
“For services to Charitable Fundraising during Covid-19.”
Ann Ball
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to the community in Shoreham, Kent.”
Ann Gumery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cancer Patients.”
Ann Hill
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Dumfries, Dumfries
“For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Dumfriesshire.”
Anne Claydon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Nursing during Covid-19.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3705405. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Newport, Gwent) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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