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The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. [1] The current honour was created in 1922 to replace the original medal, which had been established in 1917 as part of the Order of the British ...
The honour is divided into civil and military medals in a similar way to the Order of the British Empire. Like the ribbons used for other classes of the Order of the British Empire, the ribbon of the British Empire Medal is rose-pink with pearl-grey edges, with the addition of a pearl-grey central stripe for the military division.
3 British Empire Medal (BEM) ... Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire (Military) ... Military Division Army. Brigadier Patrick Frank Blair Hargrave, O.B.E ...
Ribbon of the British Empire Medal. Mikayla Daisy Beames. Founder, Team Mikayla. For services to charitable fundraising for children with cancer. Catherine Barbara Hitchens. For services to the community in Fifield, Oxfordshire. Jennifer Lamboll. Police staff supervisor, Contact Management Centre, Thames Valley Police. For services to policing
Non-military awards of the British Empire Medal resumed in 2012, starting with 293 BEMs awarded for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. [ 19 ] In 2017 the centenary of the order was celebrated with a service at St Paul's Cathedral.
(Military Division) GCB: 27 May 1725 [5] [6] 27 May 1725 – present [5] [6] Prior to 2 January 1815, this grade was known as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath. [5] [6] Member of the Order of Merit (Military Division) OM: 23 June 1902 [7] 23 June 1902 – present [7] Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Military ...
Geoffrey Parkes, lately Deputy Chief (Executive), Trade and Industry Division, British Element, Control Commission for Germany. Edgar Philip Rees, MC, Deputy Representative, Ministry of Transport, New York. George Ritchie Rice, OBE. For services as Director-General, Ministry of Supply Disposals Mission in the Middle East.
For example, the British Empire Medal temporarily ceased to be awarded in the UK in 1993, as was the companion level award of the Imperial Service Order (although its medal is still used). The British Empire Medal was revived, however, in 2012 with 293 BEMs awarded for the 2012 Birthday Honours, and has continued to be awarded in some other ...