People in Oxfordshire, Northants, Bucks, Beds and Herts on New Year Honours List 2024
The list has been announced
Those who have served their local communities for the benefit of others across Bucks, Beds, Herts, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire have been recognised in the King's New Year Honours list.
Here's who is on the list:
BEM (British Empire Medal)
- Zoe Donna Sookun (Westoning, Bedfordshire: project manager, Network Rail - for services to the railway and rail aid for Ukraine
- Andrew Gell (Riseley, Bedfordshire: for services to the community)
- Reginald John Cording (Barley, Hertfordshire: for services to the community)
- Kirstie Louise Baughan (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: social worker at Central Bedfordshire Council - for services to social work
- Ian Raymond Clark (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: for services to the community)
- Margaretha Catharina Maria Armitstead (Oxford, Oxfordshire: for services to the community in Littlemore, Oxfordshire)
- Charlotte Jessica Stacey (Oxford, Oxfordshire: on-call firefighter at Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service - for services to the community)
- Dorothy Margaret Whittington (Oxford, Oxfordshire: volunteer at Oxford University Newcomers - for services to volunteering and higher education)
- Valerie Jean Butcher (Kidlington, Oxfordshire: for services to the community
- Diana Marian Pearman (Sonning Common, Oxfordshire: for services to the community)
- Rachel Frances Davis (Kettering, Northamptonshire: for services to the community in Cranford, Northants)
- Paul Mark Brackley (Oundle, Northamptonshire: community first responder, Oundle Community First Responders - for services to the community)
- Derek John Bland (Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire: for services to the community)
MBE
- Mostaque Ahmed Koyes (Luton, Bedfordshire: director at Community Interest Luton - for services to the community)
- Pamela Joan Ward (Dunstable, Bedfordshire: for services to the community in Whipsnade, Beds)
- Luke Thomas Rigg (Hertford, Hertfordshire: lead diversity and community relations magistrate for England and Wales - for services to diversity in the Judiciary)
- Justin Cohen (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire: news editor, Jewish News - for services to Holocaust Remembrance and the Jewish community)
-Timothy Foster Pick (Radlett, Hertfordshire: lately UK Offshore Wind champion and chair of Offshore Wind Acceleration Taskforce - for services to offshore wind energy)
- William Peter Saunders (Harpenden, Hertfordshire: chief creative officer at StoryFutures, Royal Holloway University - for services to the creative industries)
- Sanjay Bhandari (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire: chair, Kick It Out - for services to sport)
- Sabit Jakupovi (Hertford, Hertfordshire: member of Genocide Survivors' Consultative Group, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - for services to genocide education and commemoration)
- Professor Claire Mairead Goodman (Hertford, Hertfordshire: professor of health care research at the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire - for services to older people)
- Sheila Ann Abrahams (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire: founder of Freelance Hairdressers Association - for services to the hairdressing industry)
- Richard Kenneth Howard Wyse (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire: director of clinical development, Cure Parkinson's - for services to medicine in Parkinson's Disease)
- Ruth Heather Devine (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: route panel member at Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education - for services to further education and apprenticeships)
- Sarah Jane Vandevelde Graham (Ballinger, Buckinghamshire: founder of Hilltops Ukrainian Support Community - for services to Ukrainian refugees)
- Shalom Ijeoma Lloyd (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: director of Naturally Tiwa Skincare - for services to international trade and to women in business)
- William George Victor Cleere (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: committee member at Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Referees Association - for services to the community)
- Ewan Benjamin Payne (Wallingford, Oxfordshire: Team UK gold medal winner at WorldSkills UK - for services to further education)
- Mark Richard Brett (Wallingford, Oxfordshire: for services to charity and the community)
- Alison Hill (Oxford, Oxfordshire: lately chair at Bikeability Trust and chair of Cyclox - for services to cycling)
- Gian Parkash Gopal (Abingdon, Oxfordshire: founder of Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre Project - for services to the Hindu community and multi-faith cohesion in Oxfordshire)
- Margaret Ann Simpson (Oxford, Oxfordshire: for services to the community)
- Shaun Andrew Day (Didcot, Oxfordshire: headteacher at The Unicorn School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - for services to education)
- James David Boyes (Northampton, Northamptonshire: Team UK gold medal winner at WorldSkills UK - for services to further education)
- Laura-Jane Rawlings (Corby, Northamptonshire: chief executive officer at Youth Employment UK - for services to young people)
- Janis Lindy James (Northampton, Northamptonshire: founder of Good Egg Child Safety Campaign - for services to children's road safety)
- Glennis Edith Hooper (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: for charitable services to people with breast cancer)
- Eric Malcomson (Towcester, Northamptonshire: founder and chair of Tove Valley Broadband - for services to the community)