Bailey, Richard Gordon James, For serv Young People and to the commty in Litcham, Norfolk. Bainbridge, Joseph Raymond, Station Supervisor, Alnmouth, Northumberland For serv the Railway ind. Balfour, Miss Susan Mary, For serv the Brit Red Cross Society. Ball, Mrs Jean Elizabeth, For serv the commty in Toll Bar, Doncaster, South Yorkshire Barker, Miss Juliet, Founder and dir of The Workshop For serv Violin Making and to Music in Camb Barltrop, Mrs Betty May, Member, Great Notley Parish Ccl For serv the commty in Essex Barnard, Deborah Ann, Dir, Ludus Dance Company For serv Dance Barnes, Alan Nigel, Coxswain, R National Lifeboat Inst For serv the commty in Falmouth, Cornwall.

Barnes, Ms Mary Bernadette, Dep Headteach, Fulford School, York For serv Educ. Barnett, Ms Linda Ann, For serv the Victim Support Scheme, Staffordshire. Bates, Mrs Dorothy Margaret, For serv Healthcare in North Hampshire. Bateson, Geoffrey, Regional dir, Skills for Life, West Midlands Region and mgr of the Core Skills Development Partnership, Birmingham For serv Adult Basic Skills Baumber, David Michael, Grade C1, MOD Baumber, Dr Jill, Founder, Gifts Hospice Services For serv the commty in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Beadsmoore, Mrs Mary Elizabeth, For serv the Worldwide Fund for Nature Beckett, Mrs Joyce, Co-Founder, Festival Arts. For serv Drama and to the commty in Birmingham and South Wales.

Bedi, Shaminder Singh, mgr, Guru Nanak Day Centre, Gravesend and Milan Day Centre, Dartford, Kent For serv commty Relations in Kent. Belcham, Mrs Betty Jane, Presdt, Girlguiding Essex South East For serv Young People. Bell, Dennis, Driver, Mobile Training Unit, East Antrim Inst of Further and Higher Educ For serv Further Educ Bell, Graham, For serv the commty in Sheffield. Bennett, Mrs Christine, For serv the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association in Oldham. Benson, George Edward Christopher, Chair, Haxby and Wigginton Youth and commty Association and Youth Centre Support Committee For serv Young People in North Yorkshire. Beynon, Mrs Cynthia May, For serv the commty in Torfaen, South Wales Bhatti, cclr Culdipp Singh, For serv Children in Leicester.

Bhowmick, Charles Sujoy, For serv Race and Inter-faith Relations in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Biddulph, Mrs, Beth,, hd Cook, Oxhey First School, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent For serv Educ. Bisset, Mrs Margaret, commty Nurse, Swindon Primary Care Trust For serv Disabled People. Blacker, Mrs Susan April, Foster Carer and Founding Member of Pro-Teen, London Borough of Bromley For serv Children and to Families Boddice, Nigel, Conductor, West Lothian Schools Brass Band For serv Youth Music in Scotland. Boughton, Mrs Mary, Board Member, Dorset Local Strategic Partnership For serv Business and to the commty in Dorset. Bowers, Mrs Mary Joy, For serv the Brit Red Cross Society in Newmkt, Suffolk. Boyce, Mrs Gertrude Maureen, Specialist Midwife, Univ Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust For serv the NHS.

Bracey, Mrs Una, For serv the commty in Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire Brailsford, David John, Performance dir of Brit Cycling For serv Sport Brearton, Austin, For serv the Arnhem Veterans’ Club. Brechin, Mrs Sheila Mary, For serv the commty in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Brooks, Peter, Chair of Governors, Marriots School and Camp Hill JMI School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire For serv Educ Brown, Albert Edward, Mobile Library Offr, Torbay For serv Libraries in Devon. Brown, Mrs Moira, School Crossing Warden, Millersneuk Primary School, Lenzie For serv Educ.