New Year Honours 2021
Thomas Fowler BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to the Environment.”
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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.
Thomas Reynold FOWLER
Technical Leader, Environment Agency
For services to the Environment.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
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- Ringwood, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
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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
126 British Empire Medal recipients are from Hampshire.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to the Vulnerable in the community in Handsworth, Birmingham.”
Adrian Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For charitable services to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.”
Alan Emby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Broadstairs, Kent
“For services to the community in Broadstairs, Kent.”
Alan King
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Barnet, Greater London
“For services to Young People in the London Borough of Barnet.”
Alan Lane
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Honley, West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in South Leeds during Covid-19.”
Alan Tapp
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Watford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Rowing in Clapton, London.”
Alexander Anderson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Newport, Gwent
“For voluntary and charitable services to People with Autism in Caerleon-on-Usk, Wales.”
Alexander Toogood, (sandy Toogood)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
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 Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.”
Adrian Isaac
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Badminton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Farming and to Animal Welfare.”
Caterina Goodhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Conservation and Heritage Crafts.”
Ian Glendinning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3705143. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Ringwood, Hampshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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