New Year Honours 2021
Yasin Matthew Ross El Ashrafi BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
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“Founder, HQ Recording Studio, Leicester. For services to Young People, to Music and to Mentoring”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder, HQ Recording Studio, Leicester. For services to Young People, to Music and to Mentoring
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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.
Yasin Matthew Ross EL ASHRAFI
Founder, HQ Recording Studio, Leicester
For services to Young People, to Music and to Mentoring.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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