New Year Honours 2019
Thelma Small BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Volunteer
“For services to Equality.”
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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
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Thelma Joan SMALL
Volunteer, Parents Enquiry North East
For services to Equality.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Tyne and Wear
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Volunteer
- Region
- Tyne and Wear
“For services to Equality.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 365 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 26% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Volunteer.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
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 New Year Honours 2019
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Wiltshire
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Berkshire
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Alicia Weston
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London
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Alison Bennett
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Alison Rae
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Buckinghamshire
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Alistair Macfadyen Livingston
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“For services to HM Coastguard.”
Alistair Whitelaw
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Dunbartonshire
“For services to the Boys’ Brigade in East Dunbartonshire.”
Allan Beveridge
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Tweeddale
“For voluntary service to the community in Peebles.”
Alun Humphreys
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Alvin Kallicharran
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Middlesex
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Amanda Kopel
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Angus
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Andrew Burns
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Dundee
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Essex
“For services to Policing.”
Andrew Gordon
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East Lothian
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Alice Wintergold
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Tyron Woodford
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Alison Turner
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Christopher Symes
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Ellesmere, Shropshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Barbara Sved
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London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled and Learning Disabled Adults in Harrow and Northwood, Greater London.”
Jennifer Smyth
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
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Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Mary Mitchell
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
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David Green
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
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Claire Flowers
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Bangor, County Down
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Sharon Brown
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Maureen Bingham
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Lydney, Gloucestershire
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Sharifa Begum
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women.”
Claire Alleguen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Simeon Yates
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Claire Vincent
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science.”
Clive Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cannock, Staffordshire
“For voluntary services to Disabled Riders.”
Ronald Sawford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
Karen Salter (kay Salter)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled People and to the community in Bexley.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3177951. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 29 December 2018.
Location (Tyne and Wear) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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