New Year Honours 1972
William Rutledge Lawson BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to ex-Servicemen in Ringwood.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 1972
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New Year Honours 1972“For services to ex-Servicemen in Ringwood.”
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“For services to ex-Servicemen in Ringwood.”
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William Rutledge Lawson
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to ex-Servicemen in Ringwood.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 233 times in the New Year Honours List 1972 — about 18% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
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 1972
) Francis George Beamish
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Aircraft Mechanician First Class John Glaister Batty
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Aircraft Mechanician First Class John William Pennington
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Albert James Ashenden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Albert John Hayward
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Albert Norman Craig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Albert Percy Sicklen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Inspector
Alfongs Franz Rinning
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Alfred Edward Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Alfred Reginald Oliver
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
“for services to the Bridgnorth Boys' Club.”
Alice Milne French
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Amy Elizabeth Park
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Andrew McBRIDE
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Andrew's Ambulance Associa- tion.
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Anne's Life-boat
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Annie Shoolbraid McEWAN
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Anthony Henry Hazell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Archibald Stewart Bryce
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Arthur Barrowman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Arthur Bryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Arthur Cecil Cook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
“For services to ex- Servicemen in Mitcham.”
Arthur David Giles
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
“For public service and service to the community of Stawell.”
Arthur John Pinchin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Driver
Arthur Richard Ashbee
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1972
Sergeant
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Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 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.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
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.”
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.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“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.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“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.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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British Empire Medal · 1972
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1971.
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