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Thomas Dailly. For services to Community Relations in Tayside. (Dundee)
Lawrence Bruno Nero Dallaglio. For services to Rugby Union. (Richmond, Surrey)
Graham Vallance Darrah. President, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. For services to Conservation in Hampshire. (Andover, Hampshire)
Mrs Leonora Davies. Music Education consultant, Haringey, London. For services to Education. (London, N10)
Mrs Gladys Davis. Receptionist, University of Edinburgh. For services to Education. (Edinburgh)
Dr Ann Leah Dawson. For services to Relate, Greater Manchester, South. (Davyhulme, Greater Manchester)
Matthew James Sutherland Dawson. For services to Rugby Union. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
Henry Charles Day, BEM. Founder, Young Citizens Guild. For services to Young People in Norfolk and Essex. (North Walsham, Norfolk)
Mrs Barbara Daykin. Volunteer Classroom assistant, Morley Primary School, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. For services to Education. (Ilkeston, Derbyshire)
Eric Deakin. For services to Swimming and Life-saving in Liverpool. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Peter Deeks. Ferry manager and Principal Operator, Woolwich Free Ferry, London. For services to Transport in London. (Welling, Kent)
Leonard Victor George Dennis. For services to the Meat Industry, especially the Butchers' and Drovers' Charitable Institution. (London, E11)
Ms Vanessa (Mrs Tomlinson) Denza. For services to the British Fashion Industry. (Hungerford, Berkshire)
Amratlal Ghelabhai Desai. For services to Community Relations in North London. (London, NW10)
Mrs Anjali Dey. New Deal Personal Adviser, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (London, SW16)
Amarjit Singh Dhillon. For services to the Asian Community in South East London. (London, SE3)
Mrs Jeanne Hazel Diamond. For services to Childminding in Redbridge, Essex. (Romford, Essex)
Frederick Dibnah. Television Presenter. For services to Heritage and Broadcasting. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)
Mrs Janet Dickson. For services to the Victims of Crime in Lewisham, London. (London, SE3)
Mrs Stephanie Joan Diver. For services to the community in Dalston, Cumbria. (Carlisle, Cumbria)
Mrs Veronica Dockerill. Higher Executive Officer, UK Passport Service. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)
Seamus James Joseph Donnelly. Area Adviser, Scottish Agricultural College Advisory Service. For services to Farming and to the community in Wigtownshire. (Stranraer, Dumfries)
Roland Lee Doven, JP. For services to the community, particularly in Lambeth, London. (London, SW2)
Roy William Dowell. Financial Controls manager, Employment Tribunals Service, Department of Trade and Industry. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
Alec William Duncan. Regional Sales director, Vosper Thornycroft. For services to Export. (Southampton, Hampshire)
Dr James Duncan. Lately Scientist, Scottish Crop Research Institute. For services to Agriculture and Biological Research. (Dundee)
Ralph Llewellyn Durbridge. Constable, Hertfordshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Watford, Hertfordshire)
Shiraz Durrani. For services to Public Libraries. (London, N17)
Eric Lewis Dutton. For services to the community in Cardiff. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
Mrs Zita Eckett. Deputy Registrar, Southampton Institute. For services to Higher Education. (Southampton, Hampshire)
Jeffrey Edwards. Chairman, Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Youth and Community Project. For services to the community in Merthyr Tydfil. (Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil)
Lawrence English. For services to Transport Education and Training in West Yorkshire. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
John Errington. Co-ordinator, Aston-Makunduchi Partnership; Teacher, Aston Comprehensive School, Sheffield. For services to International Citizenship and School Partnerships. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
David Gareth Evans. Musical director, Morriston Rugby Football Club Choir. For services to Music and Rugby in Swansea. (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
John Evans. Managing director, Thomson, Llantrisant. For services to Economic Development in South East Wales. (Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire)
Mrs Lisa Jane Evans. Grade E2, Ministry of Defence. (Norwich, Norfolk)
Peter Whinray Evans. Senior Policy Officer, Countryside Agency. For services to Rural Craft Training. (Salisbury, Wiltshire)
Stuart John Falla. Chairman, 2003 Island Games Organising Committee. For services to the 2003 Island Games in Guernsey. (Guernsey, Channel Islands)
David Farrow. Divisional Officer, Metropolitan Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Colchester, Essex)
Dr Agnelo Teles Fernandes. General Medical Practitioner, Croydon, Surrey. For services to Healthcare. (Purley, Surrey)
Mrs Brenda Finnigan. Member, Watervoice Central. For services to the Water Industry. (Coventry, West Midlands)
Howard Nicol Firth. Director, Orkney and Moray Science Festival. For services to Popular Science. (Elgin, Moray)
Malcolm Fleming. Chief executive, CDA Limited. For services to the UK Oil and Gas Industry. (Purley, Surrey)
Peter Max Davy Flemmich. For services to the community in Darvel, Ayrshire. (Darvel, Ayrshire and Arran)
Dr Bruce Fogle. Co-Founder, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. For services to Deaf People. (London, W11)
Leonard John Forge. For services to Amateur Football Administration.
(Leigh-on-Sea, Essex)
Michael Helden Forster. For services to the Royal Air Force Association in Norfolk. (King's Lynn, Norfolk)
Mrs Janet Clare Fripp. Personnel Officer, Surrey Probation Area. For services to the National Probation Service. (Haslemere, Surrey)
Mrs Jennifer Ann Furness. Caseworker, Enforcement Section, Inland Revenue.
(Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire)
Anthony John Cedric Fyson. Journalist. For services to Town Planning and Urban Environmental Education. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
Ms Kiki Gale. Artistic director, East London Dance. For services to Dance. (London, N4)
Mrs Joan Marie Gallagher. Secretary, Grangetown Community Concern. For services to the community in Grangetown, Cardiff. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
Royce Gardener. Chairman, Gwent Police Pensioners' Association. For services to the Police. (Newport, Gwent)
David Geeves. For services to the Royal Mail and the Countryside Agency in the South West. (St Austell, Cornwall)
Dr Ian George Longrigg Gibson. General Medical Practitioner, Braintree, Essex.
For services to Healthcare. (Braintree, Essex)
James Daniel Gibson. Swimmer. For services to Swimming. (Loughborough, Leicestershire)
John Henry Ferrers Giddings. For services to the Burma Star Association in Banbury, Oxfordshire. (Banbury, Oxfordshire)
Reginald Shirley Gilbert, JP. For services to Young People, through the Reg Gilbert International Youth Friendship Trust, Frome, Somerset. (Frome, Somerset)
Derek Giles. For services to the University of Aberdeen. (Aberdeen)
Mrs Joyce Mary Gilmour. Headteacher, Ferryhill Primary School, Edinburgh. For services to Education. (Edinburgh)
Ismail Yusuf Ginwalla. For services to the community in Gloucester. (Gloucester, Gloucestershire)
Colin John Goddard. For services to the Nuclear Industry. (Halesworth, Suffolk)
Martin Godfrey. Chairman, Hollington Club, Camberwell, London. For services to Young People. (Emsworth, Hampshire)
Brian Golding. Volunteer Sports Instructor, St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Primary School, Workington, Cumbria. For services to Education. (Workington, Cumbria)
Andrew Charles Thomas Gomarsall. For services to Rugby Union. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)
Mrs Suzanne Mary Rae Goodall. For services to Ty Hafan Children's Hospice, Wales. (Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
Miss Elizabeth Kate Goodchild. Head, Dorchester Ballet and Dance Club. For services to Dance. (Dorchester, Dorset)
Michael Goodridge. Governor, Godalming College, Surrey. For services to Further Education. (Wonersh, Surrey)
Mrs Winifred Rosemary Ann Goodwin. Organiser and Fund Raiser, Cheswardine in Bloom. For services to charity and to the community in Market Drayton, Shropshire. (Market Drayton, Shropshire)
Mrs Kay Goss. Volunteer Co-ordinator, Northamptonshire Probation Area. For services to the National Probation Service. (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire)
David William Graham. For services to the Independent Monitoring Board, HM Prison The Mount, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.(Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Mary May Graham. For services to the community in Clackmannan. (Clackmannanshire)
Mrs Pauline Graham. Lately Revenue Officer, Inland Revenue. (Cramlington, Northumberland)
Ms Fiona Margaret Grant. Joint president, Institute of Tourist Guiding. For services to the Tourist Industry. (London, N10)
John Turner Grantham. For services to the community in Pershore, Worcestershire. (Pershore, Worcestershire)
Mrs Patricia Maureen Grayburn, DL. Head, Arts Programme, University of Surrey.
For services to the Arts. (Guildford, Surrey)
Paul James Grayson. For services to Rugby Union. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
John Kenneth William Green. For services to the South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre in Chichester, West Sussex. (Bognor Regis, West Sussex)
Stanley Green, JP. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association in Grampian. (Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire)
William John Heaton Greenwood. For services to Rugby Union. (London, SW18)
Daniel Jonathan Grewcock. For services to Rugby Union. (Bath, Somerset)
Mrs Barbara Irene Griffiths. For services to Macmillan Cancer Relief in South Wales. (Winch Wen, Swansea)
Mrs Christine Mary Griffiths. Honours and Appointments secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Woking, Surrey)
Donald William Griffiths. For services to the Air Training Corps in Tenby, Pembrokeshire. (Tenby, Pembrokeshire)
Eifion Wyn Griffiths. For services to St. John Ambulance Brigade in Powys.
(Rhayader, Powys)
Mrs Jennifer Griffiths. District Information Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (Clydach, Swansea)
Timothy Haigh. Chair of Governors, Valley Road School, Henley-on-Thames. Oxfordshire. For services to Education. (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
Mrs Doreen Hailes. Lately School Crossing Warden, St. Cuthbert's School, Chester-le-Street. For services to Education. (Chester-le-Street, Durham)
James Rushworth Haines. For services to the Independent Monitoring Board, HM Prison Wymott, Lancashire and the Independent Monitoring Board National Advisory Council. (Eccleston, Lancashire)
Mrs Lois Hainsworth. For services to the Women's International Commission, the Baha'i Office for the Advancement of Women and UNIFEM UK. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
David Gerard Halicki. Senior Risk manager and Medical Devices Liaison Officer, Stockport NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Stockport, Cheshire)
Alan Hall. Lately Acting Operational manager, HM Prison Manchester, HM Prison Service, Home Office. (Worsley, Greater Manchester)
Colin David Hall. Detective Constable, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (London)
Miss Hyacinth Hall. For services to the community in Bristol. (Bishopston, Bristol)
Mrs Marlene Florence Joyce Hall. For services to the Mothers' Union. (London, SW8)
Anthony Hand. Coach and Player, Edinburgh Capitals Ice Hockey Team. For services to Ice Hockey. (Edinburgh)
David Reid Hanna. Chairman, Alnaveigh House Cultural Society. For services to the community in Newry, Co. Down. (Newry, Down)
Paul Martin Hannan, JP. Chief executive, Aberdeen Cyrenians Charity. For services to Homeless People in Aberdeen. (Aberdeen)
Mrs Jean Elizabeth Harding. For services to the WRVS in Winchester, Hampshire.
(Winchester, Hampshire)
Arthur De'Alba William Harris. For services to the community in East Chinnock, Yeovil, Somerset. (Yeovil, Somerset)
David Thomas Harrison. Lifeboat Operations manager. For services to the RNLI, Hunstanton, Norfolk. (Hunstanton, Norfolk)
Simon Harrison. Lately Headteacher, Ifield School, Gravesend, Kent. For services to Special Needs Education. (Gravesend, Kent)
Peter McKenzie Harte. Founder, Harte Buses. For services to the Bus Industry in Scotland. (Gourock, Renfrewshire)
Mrs Noel Grace Hartle. For services to the Citizens' Advice Bureau, Dacorum, Hertfordshire. (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire)
Douglas Hartley. For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Wales.
(Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
Mrs Jean Harvey. Senior Executive Officer, Department for Work and Pensions.
(Plymouth, Devon)
Roy Hawker. Freelance Cheese Grader. For services to the Dairy Sector.
(Bridport, Dorset)
Ms Caroline Haworth. Co-ordinator, Bath Area Play Project. For services to Children. (Bath, Somerset)
Mrs Paulette Winsome Haye. Nurse, Chest Clinic, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. For services to Specialist Respiratory Nursing. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Gerald Albert Wallington-Hayes. For services to the community in Harwich, Essex. (Harwich, Essex)
Mrs Dianne Hayle. For services to the Parole Board. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)
Mrs Anne Veronica Heaney. For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
(London)
David Heddle. For services to Disabled Bowls. (Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire)
Thomas Glyndwr Joseph Heller. For services to Agricultural and Horticultural Research. (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire)
Robert Douglas Henry. Chief executive, CORGI. For services to the Gas Industry. (Lymington, Hampshire)
Miss Eleanor Herbert. Administrative Officer, Finance, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. (Pontardulais, Swansea)
Mrs Elizabeth Hibbert. Secretary, Greater Manchester Police. For services to the Police. (Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire)
Miss Dorothy Margaret Hickling. President, North London District, Girls' Brigade. For services to Young People. (Enfield, Middlesex)
Mrs Janet Clare Hickman. Assistant Assurance Officer, HM Customs and Excise.
(Woking, Surrey)
Charles Hill. Operations manager, NAAFI. For services to the Armed Forces.
(Fareham, Hampshire)
David Danby Hill. Farmer. For services to Agriculture in the South West.
(Newton Abbot, Devon)
Richard Hill. For services to Rugby Union. (London, N21)
Mrs Ursula Muriel Hill. For services to the League of Friends, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. (Havant, Hampshire)
Dr David Hilling. Member, Waterways Freight Forum Board. For services to Inland Waterways. (Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire)
Andy Hine. Chairman, Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain. For services to the Tourist Industry. (Uxbridge, Middlesex)
Lt Col Malcolm Hitchcott. For services to the Soldiers' and Airmen's Scripture Readers Association. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Peter Hobley. Voluntary Teacher, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hammersmith and Dog Kennel Hill Primary School, East Dulwich, London. For services to Education. (London, W5)
Robert Nicholas Hodges. Connexions Personal Adviser, Sheffield. For services to Young People. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Maj Neville Hogan. For services to the Chindits Old Comrades Association.
(Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Caroline Hogg. Grade D, Ministry of Defence. (Coningsby, Lincolnshire)
Miss Helen Brodie Holdsworth. Chair, Campaign for Fairer Fair Rents. For services to the Private Tenants' Rights Movement. (London, W14)
Mrs Grace Helen Pat Hollands. For services to Badminton in Cornwall. (Hayle, Cornwall)
Ms Linda Kathleen Mary Holme. Grade D, Ministry of Defence. (Chatteris, Cambridgeshire)
Thomas Hooper. Joint president, Institute of Tourist Guiding. For services to the Tourist Industry. (London, SW16)
John Deane Houston. Chief executive Officer, Blind Centre for Northern Ireland. For services to the Blind. (Carrickfergus, Antrim)
Beverley William Howard. Lately Scout Leader. For services to Young People in Buckinghamshire. (Chackmore, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Thelma Susannah Howard. School Crossing Warden, Toll Bar Primary School, Doncaster. For services to Education. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
Mrs Margaret Rose Hudson. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Malvern, Worcestershire)
Adrian David Hughes. Retained Officer, Mid and West Wales Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service. (Gower, West Glamorgan)
David Humphreys. For services to Rugby Football. (Dromore, Down)
John Anthony Hunt. Team Leader, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to the Restoration of Bridges in North Yorkshire. (Thirsk, North Yorkshire)
Dr Judith Marylyn Hunter. Honorary Curator, Windsor Museums Group. For services to Museums. (Slough, Berkshire)
Mrs Miriam Carlisle Hunter. For public service. (Hillsborough, Down)
Ashiq Hussain, JP. Councillor, Derby Council. For services to the community in Derby. (Derby, Derbyshire)



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