New Year Honours 2013
Valerie Gwendoline ROBB BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Member, Downshire School Parent Teachers Association, Carrickfergus. For services to Education in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Member, Downshire School Parent Teachers Association, Carrickfergus. For services to Education in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.
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Antrim
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2013- Region
- Antrim
“Member, Downshire School Parent Teachers Association, Carrickfergus. For services to Education in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.”
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New Year Honours 2013
Valerie Gwendoline Robb
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Member, Downshire School Parent Teachers Association, Carrickfergus. For services to Education in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.”
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Valerie Gwendoline Robb
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Member, Downshire School Parent Teachers Association, Carrickfergus. For services to Education in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.”
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Valerie Gwendoline Robb
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“Member, Downshire School Parent Teachers Association, Carrickfergus. For services to Education in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
127 British Empire Medal recipients are from Antrim.
How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2013
Adam Forshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“For services to Young People through Scouting and Martial Arts in Cheshire.”
Agnes Cadger
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Ayrshire and Arran
“Club Secretary, Scottish Classic Racing Motor Club. For services to Motorcycle Racing.”
Agnes Jane Elizabeth Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Shetland
“Crofter. For services to Crofting in Shetland.”
Alan George Hooker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For services to Scouting and to the community in Little Hallingbury, Essex.”
Alan George Parry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer Chairman, Lion Youth Club, Hoxton, London. For services to Children and Young People.”
Alan John Stewart Kilpatrick
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Glasgow
“Director, Friends of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. For services to the Welfare of People with Cancer in the West of Scotland.”
Albert Leonard Patient
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Essex
“Volunteer, South Benfleet Primary School. For services to Education.”
Alexander Russell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Fife
“For services to the community in Kinglassie, Fife.”
Alice Anne Bovill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Dundee
“Chair, St Mary's Association of Residents and Tenants. For services to the community in Dundee.”
Alison Bevan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“Director, Penlee House, Penzance. For services to Cultural Heritage in Cornwall.”
Amanda Elizabeth Kimmins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community of St Agnes, Cornwall”
Andrea Finn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to the community in Wood Green, Hampshire.”
Ann Lesley Priestman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Shelley, West Yorkshire.”
Ann Margaret Barwood
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Devon
“For voluntary services to Exeter Cathedral.”
Anne Vera Helen Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Kent
“For services to Elderly People in Hildenborough, Kent.”
Anthony Hopkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Berkshire
“Associate Director of Day Care Services, Broadmoor Hospital. For services to Nursing.”
Arthur Hoyle Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Greater Manchester
“For services to Christ Church, Walmersley, Lancashire.”
Asim Iftikhar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“For services to the community in Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Avneet Gill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
London
“Trailblazer Volunteer. For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Barbara Elaine Sabin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to the Salvation Army and to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.”
Barbara Snowling
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to the community in Crafthole, Cornwall.”
Barry Buxton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Lincolnshire
“For services to the community in Ropsley, Lincolnshire.”
Beryl Anne Duggan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Cheshire
“Welfare Officer, Northwest Branch, British Retinitus Pigmentosa Society. For services to charity.”
Beryl Daisy Lillie Emery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2013
Warwickshire
“For charitable services in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,959 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Dawn Moir Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Lynne McTAGGART
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Marjorie Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Clare Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Helen Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Kathleen Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, North Yorkshire
“Lately Lead Practitioner, SEND and Inclusion, Brougham Primary School Hartlepool. For services to Education”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chair, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation UK. For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community”
Barbara Celia Sved
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled and Learning Disabled Adults in Harrow and Northwood, Greater London”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“Head Chef, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“Chair, Friends of Rossmar School. For voluntary services to Special Education”
Fiona Sarah Winifred McCULLOUGH
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Fiona Jayne Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“School Cook and Catering Manager, Linden Lodge School, London Borough of Wandsworth. For services to Education”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Alan John Hiatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Jamie Paul Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“Lately Deputy Headteacher. For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“Tutor, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Berkshire. For services to Further Education”
Lilian Jane Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“Headteacher, Strathdon School and Crathie School, Aberdeenshire. For services to Rural Education”
Caroline Anne Dickinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“Playgroup Leader, St Leonards Pre-School, Exeter. For services to Early Years Education”
Jacqueline Burton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Waterlooville, Hampshire
“Nursery Practitioner and Manager, Children's Learning Centre, Emsworth, Hampshire. For services to Early Years Education”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“Manager, Hulland Community Pre School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. For services to Early Years Education”
Source & provenance
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British Empire Medal · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Antrim) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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