Birthday Honours 2015
Trevor Pitman BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Higher Education.”
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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
13 June 2015
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.
Trevor PITMAN
Technical Manager, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Hampshire
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“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 313 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 22% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2348786. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (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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