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Pages in category "Recipients of the British Empire Medal" The following 190 pages are in this category, out of 190 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Medal of the Order of the British Empire awarded from 1917 to 1922 was a circular silver medal, 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in diameter, showing a seated Britannia and the inscription FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE on the obverse and the Royal cypher on the reverse. The medal had a ring suspender for the 27 millimetres (1.1 in) wide ribbon of plain ...
In 1941, the medal of the order 'for meritorious service' was renamed the British Empire Medal, and the following year its recipients were granted the right to use the postnominal letters BEM. [4] During the war, the BEM came to be used to recognise acts of bravery which did not merit the award of a George Cross or George Medal , [ 10 ] a use ...
The British Empire Medal (formally British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. [2] It may be awarded posthumously, and is granted in recognition of meritorious civil or military service.
Tobias, known as Captain Tobias, who has cerebral palsy, was the youngest person at the time to be awarded the medal two years ago. Boy, 13, who received British Empire Medal, set for latest ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Australian recipients of the British Empire Medal" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The majority of the recipients (1,044) received OBE (243), MBE (472) or British Empire Medal (329) awards. 578 of the honorees are women, representing 48% of the total. 5.7% of the recipients are ethnic minorities.