Queen's Birthday Honours: OBE for Leominster's Monty Don

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Television gardener Monty Don is among those who have been locally named in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Mr Don, who lives near Leominster, in Herefordshire, will receive the honour for services to horticulture, to broadcasting and to charity.

He presented BBC Gardeners' World from 2003 to 2008, before returning in 2011.

He told BBC News: "I am delighted and very humbled to be awarded this honour for doing something that I absolutely love and being able to share it with so many people."

Here is the list of people from across Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Shropshire:

British Empire Medal

Lyndon Howard Baglin. For services to Brass Band Music. (Chepstow)

Wyndham Richard Davidson. Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming Coaching in Shropshire and the West Midlands. (Bridgnorth)

Mrs Eileen Dorothy Elsie Dilley. For services to the Women's Institute in Herefordshire. (Herefordshire)

Jeffrey Thomas Fletcher. For services to the community in Telford, Shropshire. (Telford)

Mrs Pamela Susan Jones. For services to Disabled Children, Young People and their Families in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. (Drybrook)

Mrs Cecilia Rosalind Giselle Denlegh-Maxwell. For services to the community in Worcestershire. (Worcestershire)

Dr Derek McPherson. For services to Education and to charity. (Monmouthshire)

John Barry Metcalfe. For services to the community in Mickleton, Gloucestershire. (Mickleton)

Mrs Janet Susan Price. For services to charity and to the community in Bewdley, Worcestershire. (Bewdley)

Phillip Lewis Ward. For services to the community in Bayton and Clows Top, Worcestershire. (Kidderminster)

Dr Stephen Graham Worrall. For charitable service in Eastern Europe. (Shrewsbury)

 

MBE

Dr Philippa Medcalf. Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Homeless Patients. (Stroud)

Alan Stephen Moss. Senior Lecturer RAF Central Training School. For services to Apprentice Training. (Telford)

Miss Gillian Pyatt. For services to the community in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. (Gloucestershire)

Michael Richardson Ratcliffe. For services to Business and to the community in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. (Cheltenham)

Michael John Doane. Director of Sales Douglas. For services to British Airport Services and to International Trade. (Cheltenham)

Ms Diane Patricia Harrill. Teacher Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre, Gloucestershire. For services to Education. (Newent)

Faisal Atcha. Firefighter and Community Volunteer Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service. For public service. (Stonehouse)

Dr Christopher Andrew Barnett. Formerly Headmaster Whitgift School, Croydon. For services to Education. (Great Malvern)

Ms Susan Mary Cooper. For services to Conservation and to the Environment in Shropshire and Herefordshire. (Shrewsbury)

 

OBE

Jeremy David Blyth. Senior UK Accreditor Galileo Programme and Chair, European Galilieo Security Board. For services to UK and EU Security. (Herefordshire)

Paul Royston Caseley. Senior Fellow Cyber and Information Systems, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. For services to Defence. (Malvern)

Montagu Denis Wyatt Don. Horticulturalist Writer and Broadcaster. For services to Horticulture, to Broadcasting and to charity. (Leominster)

Stewart James Edgar, QFSM. Chief Fire Officer and director of Operations, Gloucestershire County Council. For services to Local Government. (Tewkesbury)

Miss Patricia Eileen Fernon. Deputy head Commercial Land Equipment, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence Procurement. (Chepstow)

Mrs Kathryn Ann Halford. Chief Nurse, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Nursing. (Gloucestershire)

 

CBE

Professor Rosemary Genevieve Davis. Professor Emeritus University College London, Institute of Education. For services to Education. (Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire)

Ms Jeanette Winterson, OBE. Writer. For services to Literature. (Gloucestershire)

 

 

 

 

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