The Queen’s Birthday Honours celebrates the extraordinary efforts and achievements of individuals from all over the UK, with 23 Hertfordshire residents recognised in 2021.
The list this year includes individuals who have worked tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, from frontline workers and community heroes, to those who have helped support local economic recovery.
It is the most ethnically diverse list to date, with 15% of recipients coming from an ethnic minority background. Almost 23% of recipients are recommended for their services during the pandemic.
We would like to congratulate the many Hertfordshire residents whose invaluable efforts and achievements have been recognised.
The Hertfordshire winners include:
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB):
Elizabeth Anne Finlay GARDINER CB
First Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. For services to Government and the Legislative Process (Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE):
Ben Davies LEVINSON
Headteacher, Kensington Primary School, Newham. For services to Education (Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire)
Edward Stephen REES
Vice President, Discovery Biology Department, AstraZeneca. For services to UK Science and the Covid-19 Response (Welwyn, Hertfordshire)
Veronica Maudlyn RYAN
Sculptor. For services to Art (Stevenage, Hertfordshire)
Christopher Paul SKEITH
Chief Executive Officer, Association of Event Organisers. For services to the Events Industry during Covid-19 (Tring, Hertfordshire)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE):
Richard Hugh BEAZLEY DL
For services to the community in Hertfordshire (Ware, Hertfordshire)
Elizabeth Anne BUTTERFIELD
Deputy Governor, Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade. For services to Young People (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire)
Linda Ann CROWE
Senior Project Manager for Health and Social Care Network, NHS Digital. For services to Health and Care particularly during Covid-19 (Watford, Hertfordshire)
Elizabeth Charlotte FRANKLIN-JONES
Children's Senior Sister, Children's Emergency Department, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. For services to Nursing and Mental Health Services (Hertford, Hertfordshire)
Jane Susan MACLAREN
For Political Service (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire)
Sarah-Jane MUKHERJEE
For services to British Agriculture and Farmer Wellbeing (Royston, Hertfordshire)
Catherine Ann PELLEY
Chief Nurse and Director of Clinical Governance, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing Leadership in the NHS (Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire)
Francis Arthur RUNACRES
Executive Director, Enterprise and Innovation, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
Geoffrey Michael SIMMONDS
Trustee, Pavilion Opera Educational Trust. For services to Education (Bushey, Hertfordshire)
Jaime Bree SMITH
Director, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools Programme, Anna Freud Centre, London. For services to Education (Watford, Hertfordshire)
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire:
Geoffrey Harold APPERLEY
Deputy National Welfare Adviser, The Royal Naval Association. For voluntary service in support of Naval Veterans during Covid-19 (Royston, Hertfordshire)
Daniel Benjamin BLACK
For services to Laser Technology Innovation (Elstree, Hertfordshire)
Angela Mary DUKES
Site Staff, Watford Grammar School for Boys, Hertfordshire. For services to Education (Watford, Hertfordshire)
Dr William Alan HAWKSHAW
For services to Music and Composing (Radlett, Hertfordshire)
Rajendra Parshotam Popat PANKHANIA
For services to Older People and to the community in Stanmore, North London (Northwood, Hertfordshire)
Victoria POOLEY
For services to the community in Hitchin, Hertfordshire (Hitchin, Hertfordshire)
Jon PRATTEN
Chief Executive Officer, Jubilee House Care Trust. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Hertfordshire during Covid-19 (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire)
Elizabeth Mary TIMMONS
Voluntary Inpatient Unit Assistant, Peace Hospice Care. For services to Terminally Ill Patients (Watford, Hertfordshire)