West Midlands charity workers and athletes among many in King's Birthday Honour's List

They're being honoured for their services to the area they specialise in.

Author: Hannah RichardsonPublished 16th Jun 2023

Hundreds of people from the West Midlands have been named on the King's Birthday Honour's List.

From charity workers, to athletes and musicians, the list shows a mix for people receiving an honour.

Sally Johnson lost her son in 2014 to a rare form of cancer and set up the charity 'The Harry Johnson Trust' to help other families dealing with the same.

Sally is receiving a BEM in the Honour's List and said: "I couldn't do it without the support of my family and friends, who come put and shake buckets and give talks.

"It really is for us all because I couldn't do it without them, they hold me up."

People in the West Midlands receiving an OBE:

  • Ann Elizabeth BENTLEY - Global Board Member, Rider Levett Bucknall. For services to Construction (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Michael Hugh CHERRY OBE - For services to Business and to International Trade (Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire).
  • Clenton Anthony FARQUHARSON MBE - For services to Disability Personalisation, to Social Care and to Health Policy (Solihull, West Midlands).
  • Edward HARLEY OBE - For services to Heritage, to Charity and to the community in Herefordshire (Bucknell, Shropshire).
  • Dr Susan Louise IBBOTSON - For services to Public Health (Redditch, Worcestershire).
  • Michael KING OBE - For services to Local Government (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire).
  • David James RING - For services to Shipbuilding (Warwick, Warwickshire).
  • Clifford Mark ROBSON - For services to the Defence Industry (Evesham, Worcestershire).
  • Professor Caroline Mary SERIES FRS - For services to Mathematics (Malvern, Worcestershire).
  • Professor Carolyn Anne CHEW-GRAHAM - For services to General Practice and Patient Care, and to Primary Care Research, particularly into Long Covid (Crewe, Cheshire).
  • Linda Jayne COBB - For services to Housing (Burton on Trent, Staffordshire).
  • Professor Aravinthan COOMARASAMY - For services to Maternal Health (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Susan Christine COX - For services to Addicts in Prison (Warwick, Warwickshire).
  • Stephen Glyn HUGHES - For services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands).
  • Alan Keith MEYRICK - For services to Education (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • John Joseph MILLWARD - For services to Animal Health and Welfare (Hereford, Herefordshire).
  • Professor Joanne Victoria Elizabeth NORTON (Jo Smith) - For services to Higher Education and to Student Suicide Prevention and Response (Worcester, Worcestershire).
  • Dr Norma Victoria RAYNES - For services to Tackling Loneliness in Older People and to the community in Shropshire (Whitchurch, Shropshire).
  • Anne Catherine SHAW - For services to the Commonwealth Games 2022 (Solihull, West Midlands).
  • Mohammad Amjid WAZIR - For Political Service and to the community in Stoke-on-Trent
  • (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire).

People in the West Midlands receiving an MBE:

  • Darnish AMRAZ - For services to Young People in Birmingham (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Jane Margaret BARKER - For services to Charity and to People with Disabilities (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • Delia Alexandra BUTTON - For services to the community in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
  • (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire).
  • Rhiannon Louise DAVIES - For services to Maternity Healthcare (Hereford, Herefordshire).
  • Bawa Singh DHALLU - For Political and Voluntary Service (Smethwick, West Midlands).
  • Mohammed FAHIM - For services to the community in Walsall, West Midlands, particularly during Covid-19 (Walsall, West Midlands).
  • Colin James GRIFFITHS - For services to Maternity Healthcare (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • Kayleigh Rhianon GRIFFITHS - For services to Maternity Healthcare (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • Suzanne Elizabeth HUTCHINSON - For services to Children, Adults and their Families with Congenital Heart Disease (Stafford, Staffordshire).
  • Dr Desmond JADDOO - For services to the Windrush Generation (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Pauline JONES - For services to the community in Birmingham, particularly during the 2022 Commonwealth Games (Dudley, West Midlands).
  • Sonya JONES - For services to Tackling Child Exploitation (Oswestry, Shropshire).
  • Heather Mary KIDD - For services to Rural Communities (Montgomery, Shropshire).
  • Judith Elizabeth Alison LEDGER - For services to Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies (Coventry, West Midlands).
  • David Thomas LOWBRIDGE-ELLIS - Director of School Improvement, Matrix Academy Trust, Walsall, West Midlands. For services to Education (Wednesbury, West Midlands).
  • Karen Jane LYNCH - For services to Social Enterprise and to Charity (Rugby, Warwickshire).
  • Roy MARTIN - For services to Heritage (Newport, Shropshire).
  • Lorna Marie MILLINGTON - For services to Business and to the Environment (Cannock, Staffordshire).
  • Colin John PRESTON - . For services to Wildlife Conservation in Shropshire and the Marches
  • (Oswestry, Shropshire).
  • Aftabur RAHMAN - For services to Heritage and to the community in Birmingham (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Suzanne Jacqueline RICHARDS - For services to People Bereaved by Homicide (Wednesbury, West Midlands).
  • Sonia Heather ROBERTS - For services to the community in Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • Helen Margaret ROOKER (Helen Hughes) - For services to Charity, to the Arts and to the community in Ludlow, Shropshire (Ludlow, Shropshire).
  • Harvinder SINGH RAI - For services to Policing and to the Sikh Community (Walsall, West Midlands).
  • Richard Antony STANTON - For services to Maternity Healthcare (Hereford, Herefordshire).
  • Terence David Alan TRICKER - For services to the community in Staffordshire (Lichfield, Staffordshire).
  • Lisa Serafina VENTURA - For services to Cyber Security and to Diversity and Inclusion (Worcester, Worcestershire).

People in the West Midlands receiving a BEM:

  • Elizabeth Susan BAITSON - For services to Business and to Entrepreneurs (Warwick, Warwickshire).
  • Zoe BENNETT - For services to Charity and Inspiring Disadvantaged People (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands).
  • Claire Marie BOND - For services to Women in Policing and to the community in Staffordshire (Walsall, Staffordshire).
  • Nigel Thomas BOWERS - For services to Heritage (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire).
  • Edna May CHAPPLE - For services to the community in Sedgley, West Midlands (Dudley, West Midlands).
  • Rekesh CHAUHAN - For services to Music, to Charity and to Mental Health in the British Asian Community, particularly during Covid-19 (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Geoffrey COLE - For services to Horticulture and the Environment (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Dr Naomi FORRESTER-SOTO - For services to Public Communication during Covid-19
  • (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire).
  • Gwynne Dudley GOODFIELD - For services to Graduate Recruitment and to Sport (Telford, Shropshire).
  • Dr Colin Norman HARRIS - For services to the community in Solihull, West Midlands (Solihull, West Midlands).
  • Sally Jane JOHNSON - For charitable services to People with Cancer (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • Ernest Randolf LANGFORD - For services to Charity (Hereford, Herefordshire).
  • Frank MEAKIN - For services to Young People in Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire).
  • Marion Lynn MICKLEWRIGHT - For services to Feline Welfare (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • Jonathan Paul SANDERSON - For services to Athletics and to the community in Telford and The Wrekin, Shropshire (Telford, Shropshire).
  • Eric SMITH - For services to Radio and to the community in Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Shropshire).
  • John Desmond SMITH - For services to Music and to Charity (Birmingham, West Midlands).
  • Royston Esler STARKEY - For services to Mineralogy (Bromsgrove, West Midlands).
  • George Sydney WRIGHT - For voluntary services to Veterans in Staffordshire (Stafford, Staffordshire).
  • Salma Bano ZULFIQAR - For services to Art and to Education (Solihull, West Midlands).