Full list of King’s Birthday honors as local heroes recognized in the West Midlands

Unsung heroes from the West Midlands have been recognized in the prestigious King’s Birthday Honors list. Some of the greats of the region were honored for their actions.

Those who have been appointed OBEs include the headmaster of Harborne Hill School in recent times Andrew Richard Wright and Beate Wagner, recently Director of Children’s Services – both recognized for their service to education.

Others have been appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), including DWP Partnerships manager Natalie Cartmell for services to the homeless in Birmingham and the football coach. Christopher George Robin Powell bor services to the Football Association.

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Several others including Anthony Patrick Kelly, who has raised awareness of diabetes in the UK and abroad, and Birmingham Children’s Trust social worker Janet Anne Parks, were recognized as Medalists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM).

You will find the complete list below.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Tina Louise Costello

Chief Executive, Heart of England Community Foundation. For services to charities and voluntary organizations in the West Midlands and Warwickshire. (Coventry, West Midlands).

Colleen Margaret Fletcher

Lately Member of Parliament for Coventry North East. For Parliamentary and Political Service. (West Midlands)

Professor Qing Gu

Director, University College London Center for Educational Leadership. For services to Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Beat Wagner

Lately Director of Children’s Services, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. For services to Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Andrew Richard Wright

Lately Headmaster of Harborne Hill School, Birmingham. For services to children in care, young people with care experience and the education community. (Coventry, West Midlands)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Brian Alfred Beever

Group Treasurer, Scout Group 36/51, County Training Adviser and District Treasurer, Bablake Scout District. For services to Young People in Coventry. (Coventry, West Midlands)

Frank George Bird

Senior Network Planner, Resilience, Midlands Region, National Highways. For services to Transport. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Natalie Cartmell

Partnerships Manager, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Homelessness in Birmingham. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

David Michael Coles

Chairman of Trustees, Manor Multi-Academy Trust, Wolverhampton. For services to Education. (Bilston, West Midlands)

Amy Dowden

Advocate and Ambassador, Crohn’s and Colitis UK. For services to fundraising and awareness of inflammatory bowel disease. (Rowley Regis, West Midlands)

Robert James Elkington

Director, Arts Connect. For services to Young People. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands)

Mark Timothy Hopton

For services to Education, Healthcare and Charities in the West Midlands. (Solihull, West Midlands)

Most Reverend Mykola Matwijiwskyj

Vicar General, Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of the Holy Family in London. For services to refugee resettlement. (Coventry, West Midlands)

Christopher George Robin Powell

Soccer coach and lately professional player. For services to the Football Association. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Rebecca Katharine Redfern.

Swimmer. For services to Young People and to the community in Worcestershire. (Droitwich, West Midlands)

Professor Rachel Anne Upthegrove

Professor of Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham and Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham Early Intervention Services. For services to Mental Health Research and to the Life Sciences. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)

Medalists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Joseph Albert Blackburn

For services to the community in Birmingham, West Midlands. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Christian Anthony Howard Dixon

Executive Director, The Arts of Change. For services to Mental Health in Dudley and the Black Country. (Dudley, West Midlands)

Norma Hyde

For services to Special Olympics, Sandwell. (Halesowen, West Midlands)

Harold Leslie Jones

Fundraising. For services to motor neurone disease charities and to the community in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)

Anthony Patrick Kelly

For services to Diabetes Awareness in the UK and abroad. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Janet Anne Parks

Social Work Assistant, Birmingham’s Children’s Trust, Birmingham. For services to Children and Families. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Dr. Kenneth Austin Smith

For services to the community in Dudley, West Midlands. (Dudley, West Midlands)

Professor Janice Lee Thompson

Emeritus Honorary Professor of Public Health, Nutrition and Exercise, University of Birmingham. For services to Public Health. (Birmingham, West Midlands)