Established in 1947 by John Henry Iles (Master 1932-1933 and founder of the National Brass Band Championships in 1900) from part of a larger fund donated earlier, this medal is awarded annually in recognition of a significant contribution to the brass band movement.
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2013 winner (Philip McCann) receiving the Iles Medal from the Master, John Morehen.
Past Recipients are:
1948 - Arthur O Pearce
1949 - Fred Mortimer
1950 - Herbert Benett
1951 - No award
1952 - George Hawkins
1953 - Harry Mortimer, CBE
1954 - Eric Ball, OBE
1955 - Stanley Boddington, MBE
1956 - Denis Wright, OBE
1957 - Frank Wright, MBE
1958 - Thomas J Powell
1959 - Alex Mortimer
1960 - Drake Rimmer
1961 - George Hespe
1962 - Rex Mortimer
1963 - William Wood
1964 - Walter Hargreaves
1965 - Leonard Lamb
1966 - Edward C Buttress
1967 - Geoffrey Brand
1968 - Thomas F Atkinson
1969 - William Scholes
1970 - George Thompson, MBE
1971 - Albert Coupe, MBE
1972 - No award
1973 - Trevor Walmsley
1974 - Albert Chappell
1975 - Col. Bernard Adams (S.A.)
1976 - Roy Newsome
1977 - James Scott
1978 - Kenneth Dennison
1979 - Geoffrey Whitham
1980 - John R Carr
1981 - Edwin John Williams
1982 - Denis Carr
1983 - David Read
1984 - Ieuan Morgan, MBE
1985 - Dennis Masters
1986 - Richard Evans
1987 - John Berryman
1988 - Derek Broadbent
1989 - James Shepherd
1990 - Norman Ashcroft
1991 - Peter Wilson
1992 - Bram Gay
1993 - Elgar Howarth
1994 - Major Peter Parkes
1995 - Howard Snell
1996 - James Watson & Margaret Mortimer
1997 - James Williams (S.A.)
1998 - Prof. Edward Gregson
1999 - David King
2000 - Philip Sparke
2001 - Allan Withington
2002 - Gary Cutt
2003 - Bramwell Tovey
2004 - Dr Philip Wilby
2005 - Paul Hindmarsh
2006 - James Gourlay
2007 - Dr Robert Childs & Dr Nicholas Childs
2008 - Peter Roberts
2009 - Dr Peter Graham
2010 - Stephen Cobb & Martin Mortimer
2011 - Frank Renton
2012 - Stan Kitchen
2013 - Philip McCann
2014 - John McCabe
2015 - Goff Richards
2016 - Russell Gray
2017 - Dr Martin Ellerby
2018 - Trevor Caffull
Shown left is the actual Iles Medal awarded to Edward Crosley Buttress in 1966.
Image courtesy of 'The Saleroom', London