of the British Broadcasting Corporation
Monday, 31 December, 2001, 00:08 GMT
The New Years Honours Listing
ENGLAND AND WALES
QFSM, Queen's Fire Service Medal
Kevin Brian Patrick Arbuthnot. Deputy chief Fire Officer, West
Yorkshire Fire Service.
Thomas Martin Carroll. Chief Fire Officer, Cambridgeshire Fire
Brigade.
Peter Stephen Coles. Deputy chief Fire Officer, North Wales Fire
Service.
John Michael Elliott. Chief Fire Officer, Cumbria Fire Service.
John Alan Holmes. Assistant chief Fire Officer, Tyne and Wear Metropolitan
Fire Brigade.
OBE, Officer of the British Empire
Donald Edward Kent. Inspector, HM Fire Service Inspectorate. For
services to the Fire Service. (Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire)
MBE, Member of the British Empire
Colin Sidney Grindy. Leading Fire-fighter, Derbyshire Fire and
Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Buxton, Derbyshire)
Albert Percival Humphries. Sub Officer, Oxfordshire Fire Service.
For services to the Fire Service. (Deddington, Oxfordshire)
George Charles Nicholas Peter Perren, JP. For services to the London
Firefighters Retired Members' Association. (Wembley, Middlesex)
Paul Henry Popham. Sub Officer (Retained), South Wales Fire Service.
For services to the Fire Service. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
Martin Jonathan Reece. For services to the Fire Service Benevolent
Fund. (Liverpool, Merseyside) Barry Ross. Sub Officer (Retained), Tyne
and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service.
(Birtley, Tyne and Wear)
SCOTLAND
QFSM, Queen's Fire Service Medal
Charles George Newcombe Stewart. Senior assistant Inspector of
Fire Services.
Alastair MacDonald Wyse. Acting Firemaster, Fife Fire and Rescue
Service.
NORTHERN IRELAND
QFSM, Queen's Fire Service Medal
James Joseph McCallum. Divisional Officer II, Northern Ireland
Fire Brigade.
Thomas Alexander Withers. Senior Divisional Officer, Northern Ireland
Fire Brigade.
MBE, Member of the British Empire
John Carl Langtry. For services to the Fire Service. (Omagh, Tyrone)
Wills Hugh Lynch. For services to the Fire Service. (Drumahoe,
Londonderry)
Expanatory Note:
British honours are awarded on merit, for exceptional achievement or
service.
Anybody can recommend a British national for an honour, which consist
of life peerages, knighthoods, appointments to the Order of the British
Empire and gallantry awards to servicemen and women and civilians.
The Queen chooses the recipients on the advice of the Prime Minister,
to whom recommendations are sent either by government ministers or by
members of the public. The honours are published in the official Crown
newspaper, the London Gazette.
Private nominations, made by individuals or by representatives of organisations
to the Prime Ministers' Office, make up around a quarter of all recommendations.
Honorary awards for foreign nationals are recommended by the Secretary
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. A number of these orders
for chivalry are made after a personal decision made by the Queen.
Queen's Fire Service Medal
This honour is given to firemen who have displayed conspicuous devotion
to duty.
Orders of the British Empire
King George V in 1917 created these honours during World War 1 to reward
services to the war effort by civilians at home and servicemen in support
positions.
The orders are now awarded mainly to civilians and service personnel for
public service or other distinctions and has a military and a civil division.
Ranks in the Order are Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GBE), Knight or Dame
Commander (KBE or DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE) and Member (MBE).
