Birthday Honours 2012

This is the Queen's Birthday Honours List of award recipients published on Saturday 16 June 2012.

List of recipients

The recipients can viewed by scrolling down the page or alternatively you can use the following links to access each honour category:

Knights Bachelor

Mr Kenneth Charles Branagh

For services to Drama and to the community in Northern Ireland

Order of the Bath

Companions of the Order of the Bath

Mr Edgar Frederick Jardine

Interim Chief Executive Northern Ireland Policing Board

Mr Alan David Shannon

Permanent Secretary, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland Executive

Order of the British Empire

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Mrs Ruth Laird

For public and voluntary service

Dr Leonard John Patrick O’Hagan DL

Chairman, Belfast Harbour Commissioners. For services to the Ports Industry, the Economy and Tourism in Northern Ireland

Mrs Elaine June Way

Chief Executive, Western Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Healthcare

Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Dr Norman Apsley

Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Science Park. For services to Science and Economic Development

Dr Olive Buckley

General Practitioner and Chair, Sexual Assault Referral Centre Steering Group. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland

Dr Michael Anthony Bull

For services to Sport and to Charity

Miss Bridget Josephine Glendinning

Principal. Single Farm Payments, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Executive

Mr John Alexander Graham

Principal, Belfast Model School for Girls. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Mr Brendan Michael McCartan

Senior Principal Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Service, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Executive

Dr Bhaskar Sengupta

Reader in Civil Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Higher Education and International Environmental Research

Mr Edward Vernon

Board Member, Invest NI. For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland

Order of the British Empire

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Mrs Joanne Elizabeth Andrew-Steer

For voluntary service to The Royal British Legion Women’s Section in Northern Ireland

Mr Robert Arnott

Founder Member, Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund and Transplant Games. For services to Kidney Research in Northern Ireland

Mr John Alfred Best

Chair, Ulster Farmers’ Union Seeds and Cereals Committee. For services to the Agri-Food Industry in Northern Ireland

Mr Ian James Bothwell

Founder, Crossfire Trust. For services to the community in South Armagh, Northern Ireland

Mrs Margaret Irene Boyd

For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mr Raymond Patrick Boyle

Motor Transport Co-ordinator, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to the Police

Mrs Joan Burney-Keatings

For services to the Arts and Media in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Joan Carmichael

For services to the Hospitality Industry and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Jean Gibson

Northern Ireland Manager, Care for the Family. For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mr Thomas Gilpin

Managing Director, Gilfresh Produce. For services to the Agriculture Industry in Northern Ireland

Mr Trevor Alexander Hassin

Head of Customer & Standards, Driver & Vehicle Agency, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland

Mr Robert Jonathan Hegan

For services to Economic Development and to the Construction Industry in Northern Ireland

Dr Wendy Elizabeth Austin Hewitt

Journalist and Broadcaster. For services to Broadcasting and the community in Northern Ireland

Mr Patrick Robert William Hurst

Managing Director, Munster Simms Engineering Ltd. For services to the Northern Ireland Business Community

Mrs Eleanore Margaret Huston

Fundraiser, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to Maritime Safety

Mr Brendan Johnston

Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Social Care Council. For services to Social Care in Northern Ireland

Mr Leslie Jones

For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Adele Margretta Kerr

Principal, Enniskillen Integrated Primary School. For services to Education

Miss Helen Kirkpatrick

Chair, Crumlin Together. For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mr James Leitch

HR Director, Northstone (NI) Ltd. For services to Health and Safety in Northern Ireland

Mrs Jean Liddell

Access and Support Officer, South Eastern Regional College. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Mr Reginald James Magowan

Chairman, Board of Governors, Grosvenor Grammar School, Belfast. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Mr Henry (Harry) McCullough

Deputy Principal Officer, Further Education Division, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland Executive

Mr Roger George McCune

Regulator, General Qualifications in Northern Ireland. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Mr Robert Joseph McFerran

Chairman, Board of Governors of Regent House Grammar School and of Loughries Primary School. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Mrs Clare McGartland

Lead Allied Health Professions Consultant, Public Health Agency. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland

Mr James Brian McGookin

For services to Community Development in Randalstown, Northern Ireland

Mr Malachy Vincent McGreevy

General Manager, Rail Services. For services to Public Transport in Northern Ireland

Mrs Ann McGregor-Sistern

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce. For services to Enterprise and Small Business Development

Mrs Margaret Jane McMullen

For public service to the Electoral System in Northern Ireland

Mrs Heather Monteverde

General Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support Northern Ireland. For services to Cancer Sufferers

Mr Robert David Morrow

For services to the Boys’ Brigade Movement and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Marian Anne Moutray

Director, Educational Contracts and Business Development, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Nursing Education

Mr Francis Joseph O’Hagan

For services to Local Government and the Traveller Community

Mrs Catherine Joy Peters

Orthoptic Services Manager, Northern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland

Mr Henry Joseph Quinn

Coach, East Down Athletics Club. For services to Sport and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mr Trevor Quinn

Senior Warden, Ardnabannon Outdoor Education Centre. For services to Young People in Northern Ireland

Mr John Calvert Gingles Rodgers

Chairman and Founder, Northern Ireland Children to Lapland Trust. For services to Children and to charities in Northern Ireland

Mrs Susan Fullerton Semple

Healthcare Co-ordinator, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland

Mr Ivor Robert Stevenson

Chairperson, Armagh Old Boys Silver Band. For services to Music and to the community in Northern Ireland

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Mrs Myrtle Cecilia Moore Allen

For voluntary service to the community and charitable service to Action Cancer

Mr Samuel Ronald Martin Bothwell JP

For services to Music and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Edith Eleanor Boyd

For services to the Girl Guide Movement in Northern Ireland

Mr William John Davis

For services to Young People in Northern Ireland

Mr John Bryan Dunlop

For voluntary service to the community in County Tyrone

Mr James David Elliott

For services to Swimming and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Anna Marie Hamilton

Personal Secretary to the Human Resource Director, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Higher Education in Northern Ireland

Mrs Elizabeth Henry

Founder and Chair, Ballymena Area Schools Romania Group. For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Elaine Herd

Nursing Auxiliary, Northern Ireland Hospice. For services to Nursing

Mrs Margaret Hunter

For services to Football and to Bowling

Miss Irene Kerr

Messenger, Health and Safety Executive. Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Executive

Mr William James Lunn

Caretaker, Park School Belfast. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Mrs Carolyn McCabe

Chair, Portadown Festival Association. For services to Performing Arts in Northern Ireland

Mr Nelson Samuel McGonagle

For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mr Paul McKee

For services to Amateur Sport, Basketball and the Community

Mr Philip Jude McKeown

Technical Instructor, Braid Valley Hospital Ballymena. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland

Mrs Elizabeth Millar

Chair, Ballymena Combat Cancer Group. For services to Cancer Research and People with Cancer

Mrs Isobel Parke

Caretaker, Glynn Primary School. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Mr William David Pollock

For services to Young People through the Scout Association

Mrs Bertha Ann Rankin

Youth Worker, Belfast Education and Library Board. For services to Young People in Northern Ireland

Miss Jean Rea

For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Irene Rebecca Audrey Robb

Activity co-ordinator, Waterside Hospital, Northern Ireland. For services to Healthcare

Mrs Elizabeth Rose

Home Care Worker, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Patricia Ann Shannon

Senior Sister, Ulster Hospital Belfast. For services to Nursing and to the Community in Northern Ireland

Miss Anne Skelton Vance

For services to People with Mental Illness in Northern Ireland

Mrs Margaret Wilson

For services to Young People through the Girls’ Brigade and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme

Mrs Isabella Woods

For services to Cycling in Northern Ireland

Mr Robert Dawson Wright

Museum Attendant, Northern Ireland War Memorial. For services to Museums

Queen’s Police Medal

Mr Kenneth Annett

Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Mr Stephen McQueen

Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Mr Derek Harry Scott

Detective Chief Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal

Mr Brian McNeill

Director of Operations, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service