At a ceremony held in the City Chambers last night the Lord Provost the Rt Hon Donald Wilson presented four British Empire Medals to distinguished Edinburgh citizens.
The four were Adam Carruthers (National Youth Drill Instructor. For voluntary service to the Royal British Legion Scotland), Mrs Caroline Natalie Freedman (For services to Animal Welfare in Edinburgh), Mrs Hester Mary Campbell Martineau (For services to Music in Scotland) and Mrs Mary Moriarty (For services to the community in Leith through the Leith Festival).
The Lord Provost said: “It is my honour and privilege to bestow, on the Queen’s behalf, the recipients of the British Empire Medal, for the City of Edinburgh, as granted in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
“I am delighted that within the City of Edinburgh we have four recipients of this honour and I would like to say, on behalf of the city, proud we are of their achievements, and how fitting it is that they are all being recognised in this way.
“I have the utmost respect and admiration for the amazing contributions that each of the four men and women recognised have made.”
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