Birthday Honours 2019
Susan Durrant BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Defence.”
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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
8 June 2019
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.
Susan DURRANT
C2, Ministry of Defence
For services to Defence.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Defence.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 318 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 23% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the Birthday Honours 2019
Adriaan Van Zyl
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
“For services to the community in London.”
Alan Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to the community in Foleshill, Coventry.”
Alan Robertson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Inverness-shire
“For voluntary service to Kingussie Camanachd Club.”
Alan Vollans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For voluntary service to Cricket and to the community in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.”
Alexandra Mcnaul
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Antrim
“For services to Education and to the community in Portrush, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Blayney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Down
“For services to the community in Kilcooley, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Kitson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Cumbria
“For services to Nursing.”
Alison Suffield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Allan Schiller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Bristol
“For services to Music and to charity.”
Amanda Richard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For services to the Health and Wellbeing of Older People in the Scottish Borders.”
Andrew Ashbee
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Kent
“For services to the community in Snodland, Kent.”
Andrew Bignell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Hertfordshire
“For services to Public Libraries.”
Andrew Callard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Kent
“For voluntary service to Weightlifting.”
Andrew Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Morley, West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Hitchen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
North Yorkshire
“For services to music in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.”
Andrew Mcclarty
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Londonderry
“For services to charity.”
Andrew Roby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Hertfordshire
“For services to Reducing Deforestation.”
Ann Brogan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Renfrewshire
“For voluntary service in Renfrewshire.”
Anne Bradshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Laboratory Medicine.”
Anne Cunningham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Faringdon, Oxfordshire.”
Anne Kelly
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Pembrokeshire
“For services to Victims of Modern Slavery.”
Annie Johnston
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Antrim
“For services to Irish Craftwork.”
Anthony Collier
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Greater Manchester
“For services to Charity, to Fundraising and to the community in Cheshire.”
Anthony Fox
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
“For services to medical charities and the community.”
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Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Martin Kinsey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Military Personnel and their Families.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Andrew Burden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Defence, to Veterans and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Maritime Safety.”
Richard Boswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wallington, Hampshire
“For services to Flood Defence.”
Donna Armstrong
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Frederick Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Larne, County Antrim
“For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.”
Heather Spence
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ware, Hertfordshire
“For voluntary services to Veterans.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Margaret Pedder
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Armed Forces Families.”
Alexandria Page
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Heather Harrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
Anne Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Defence.”
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British Empire Medal · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3295374. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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