The King’s birthday honors list features Merseyside names including Chris Boardman

People from Merseyside have been recognized with the King’s Birthday Honours.

The birthday honors list celebrates the achievements and service of people in Britain from all walks of life.

This year a number of local people received various honours, including singer-songwriter Rebecca Ferguson and Michelle Charters, head of the International Slavery Museum. Olympic gold medalist Chris Boardman, from Hoylake, received a CBE after being made an MBE in 1992. Former Liverpool player and manager Graeme Souness is appointed a CBE for services to football and charity.

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See the full list of Merseyside-based people in the honors list below.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Christopher Miles Boardman MBE; Commissioner, Active Travel England; for active travel services (Wirral, Merseyside)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Dr Helen Elizabeth Bonwick. President, Association for Palliative Medicine in Great Britain and Ireland; for Palliative Care Services (Wirral, Merseyside)
• Karen Michelle Charters; Head, International Slavery Museum, National Museums Liverpool and lately Executive Director, Kuumba Imani Millennium Center and Associate Administrator, National Museums Liverpool; for services to the community in Liverpool, Merseyside (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Veronica Susan Greenwood; lately President, British and Irish Orthoptic Society; for Orthopedic Services (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Alison McKenzie-Folan; Chief Executive, Wigan Borough Council; for services to local government (Southport, Merseyside)
• Professor Matthew Jonathan Rosseinsky FRS; Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Liverpool; for services to Research and Innovation in Materials Chemistry (Wirral, Merseyside)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Alan Ashton; Chief Executive, St Helens Carers Centre; for services to the community in St Helens, Merseyside (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Stephen Wilfred Duffy; founder, Choose Life Project; for drug addiction education and recovery services (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Paul Martin Murphy; Area Manager, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service; for services to citizens of Ukraine (Birkenhead, Merseyside)
• Professor Callum Cormack Youngson; Emeritus Professor and Lately Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool; for services to dental education (Heswall, Merseyside)

Medalists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

• Stephen Thomas Bousfield; heritage and ceremonial services co-ordinator and fire cadet instructor, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service; for services to the community in Merseyside (Southport, Merseyside)
• Violet Rebecca Chambers; social worker; Barnardo’s, Liverpool, Merseyside; for Children’s Social Care Services (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Danielle Cooper; lately Youth Engagement Worker, Everton Free School, Liverpool, Merseyside; for services to Vulnerable Children and Young People (Bootle, Merseyside)
• Jill Margaret Hyde; for music services in Liverpool, Merseyside (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Carol Susan Marriott; brownie guide leader, Girlguiding Newton District; for youth services in West Kirby, Wirral (Wirral, Merseyside)
• Reginald Kenneth Orme TD; for services to the veterans community in Merseyside (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Stephen Ornellas; for charitable services and to the Preservation of Chinese Martial Arts in Liverpool (Liverpool, Merseyside)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Rebecca Caroline Ferguson; singer, songwriter and music industry activist; for services to the Music Industry (born Liverpool, now High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)

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