1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal)

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British Empire Medal
Medaille B.E.M. met Brittania.jpg
British Empire Medal on civilian division ladies' ribbon
TypeMedal affiliated with an order
Awarded forMeritorious service
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by Elizabeth II
Post-nominalsBEM
MottoFor God and the Empire
StatusCurrently awarded
Established1922–1993
2012–present
Last awarded13 June 2015 [1]
Ribbon - British Empire Medal (Civil).png Ribbon - British Empire Medal (Military).png
Ribbon bars of the Civil and Military BEM
Precedence
Next (higher) Royal Victorian Medal [2]
Next (lower) Queen's Police Medal [2]
Related Order of the British Empire

This is a list of BEMs awarded in the 1946 New Year Honours

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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. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "BEM".

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. While recipients are not technically counted as members of the Order, these medals are nevertheless affiliated with it.

The 1946 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and to celebrate the passing of 1945 and the beginning of 1946. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. They were announced on 1 January 1946 for the United Kingdom, [3] [4] and Dominions, [5] Canada, [6] the Union of South Africa, [7] and New Zealand. [8]

Listed are the 1946 New Year Honours recipients of the British Empire Medal (BEM), divided into military and civil divisions.

Military Division

Rank, name and number are shown.

Royal Navy

Army

Royal Air Force

Civil Division

United Kingdom

Dominions

India

Colonies, Protectorates, Etc.

Sources

  1. "Queen's birthday honours list 2015: Local government, housing, fire, voluntary and community sectors".
  2. 1 2 3 "ORDERS OF WEAR" (PDF). direct.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. United Kingdom list (1): "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. pp. 1–132.
  4. United Kingdom list (2): "No. 37412". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. pp. 275–338.
  5. Dominions list: "No. 37411". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. pp. 167–168.
  6. Canada list: "No. 37408". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. pp. 133–152.
  7. Union of South Africa list: "No. 37409". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. pp. 153–156.
  8. New Zealand list: "No. 37410". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. pp. 157–165.
  9. thewomenwhomademe (17 March 2022). "Margaret Griffin's story". The Women Who Made Me. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

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