New year honours list 2013
71 people were recognised for their service to communities and the province as a whole in the 2013 new year honours list for Northern Ireland. This was the second honours list since the re-introduction of the British Empire Medal, awarded for small and local acts of service.
Order of Bath
Companion (CB)
Oswyn George Paulin, head, Government Legal Service
Order of the British Empire
Commander (CBE)
The Honourable Mr Justice Thomas Alexander Burgess
Professor Joseph Stuart Elborn, respiratory medicine, Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Eileen Evason, social administration, University of Ulster
Officer (OBE)
Wendy Suzanne Blundell, head of devolved regions, Institution of Civil Engineers
Professor Martin Eugene Bradley, lately Chief Nursing Officer
Dr Sarah Anne Geraldine Carville JP
Jennifer Ann Cooke JP
Walker George Ewart, inspector, Education and Training Inspectorate
Dr Bryan Keating, entrepreneur
Paul Kinkead, head of environment and protection, Michelin Tyres Plc
Michael Smith, chief executive and managing director, Titanic Quarter Ltd
Professor Alan Richard Woodside, director, Transport and Road Assessment Centre, University of Ulster
Member (MBE)
Robert James Alexander
Joyce Andree Best, Girl Guides
Joanna Margaret Boyd, women’s officer, Derry City Council
David Bradley, principal officer, Northern Ireland Prison Service
Francis Brady, managing director, La Mon Hotel and Country Club
John Arthur Brannigan, lately director of investigations, Historical Enquiries Team
Peter Thomas Simmons Breene, chair, board of governors, Finaghy Primary School
Elizabeth Emma Campbell, Girl Guides and Duke of Edinburgh Awards
James Nicholas Clarke, banqueting operations co-ordinator, Queen’s University Belfast
Maureen Clarke, founder, Angels of Hope
Superintendent Samuel Cordner
Dr John Locker Crossle, founder, Crossle Car Company
Elizabeth Joyce Doherty
Jennifer Susan Eitel, chair, board of governors, Dungannon Nursery School and Sperrinview Special School
Mervyn Ferris, Scout Association
Jennifer Elizabeth Graham, speech and language therapist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Thomas George Hugh Hanlon, Boys’ Brigade
Deirdre Elizabeth Hilton, former national president, UK and Irish Dexter Society
Wilhelmina Elizabeth Houston, staff officer, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Charles Hutchison, principal, Charles Hutchison Consulting
Barbara Judge, teacher and tutor, South Eastern Regional College
Vera Elizabeth Kelso, lead midwife, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Dianne Margaret Leeman, manager, Belfast City Tour Service, Belfast City Council
Geraldine Price Linford, Girl Guides and Millennium Volunteer Programme
Brian McDowell, voluntary receptionist, Lagan Valley Civic Centre, Lisburn
Dennis Patrick McKeever
Howard William (Jasper) McKinney, assistant director for student services, Southern Regional College
Dr Ian McMorris, chair, board of governors, Lagan College
Charles William McMurray, treasurer, Building Preservation Trust Movement
Councillor Sylvia Flora Agnes McRoberts, Armagh City and District Council
Dr Gerry Millar, general practitioner and Macmillan facilitator
Thomas Millar, broadcaster, BBC Radio Ulster
Catherine Lynn Myers
Patricia O’Hagan, managing director, Core Systems (Northern Ireland) Ltd
Elizabeth Rosemary Pearce, Samaritans and Cruse Bereavement Care
The Venerable William John Scott, Air Training Corps
Kenneth James Sharkey, member, Livestock and Meat Commission
Gary White, lately Chief Superintendent
John Hampton Wilson
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Ronald Victor Cathcart, committee member, County Armagh RUC George Cross Association
Kate Clarke, Kircubbin Youth Club and After Schools Club.
Ian Alexander Coulter
Mary Margaret Dale
Georgina Dickson
Charles Patrick Friel, Railway Preservation Society
Mary Graham
Lindsay Hanna, chairman, Laurelbank Carriage Driving for Disabled Group
Rachel Hemphill, honorary chair, Cancer Research UK Castlederg Fundraising Committee
Wesley William Lewis JP, Boys’ Brigade.
Ethel McIvor, leader, Lollipop Playgroup, Donaghmore
Bridget Philomena Meyler
Maureen Neely, administrator, Altnagelvin Hospital
Margaret Reid
Valerie Gwendoline Robb, member, Downshire School Parent Teachers Association
Mary Rose Paula Scott, complementary therapist, Northern Ireland Hospice
Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)
Sergeant Steven Atkinson
Detective Chief Inspector James Richard Harkness
Inspector Philip Menary
