the community in Abbeystead, Lancaster. Charles John Arch. For services to Welsh Agriculture and to the Community. Kenneth Arthur Armson, lately Signaller, Edge Hill Signalbox, Railtrack. For services to the Railway Industry. Ian Archibald Armstrong, Chairman, South Tyne Committee for the Employment of People with Disabilities. For services to the Employment of Disabled People. Jane Armstrong, Church Youth and Community Worker, Durham County Council. For services to the community on the Woodhouse Close Estate, Bishop Auckland. Myles Spencer Arnfield, Chairman, Marple and District Committee for Cancer Relief and Research. For charitable services. Madeleine Arnold, Chairman of Governors, La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School, Lambeth, London. For. services to Education. Colin William Gadsby Ash, Financial Analyst, the National Grid Company plc. For services to the Electricity Industry. Ijaz Ashraf. For services to Race Relations in Central Scotland. Kathleen Mary Atkinson, lately Higher Scientific Officer, Institute of Freshwater Ecology. For services to Science. David Bainbridge, lately Manager, Ashley House Voluntary Managed Approved Hostel, Bristol. For services to the community. Doris Mabel Bainbridge. For services to the community in Appleby, Cumbria. Stephen Baines. For political and public service. William Alexander Baird, Chairman, Portpatrick Station Branch, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to the RNLI. Anthony Leonard Baker, Support Manager III, Northern Ireland Office. The Reverend Douglas William James Bale. For services to the community in Cardiff. Marguerita Balfour. For services to the community in Fortrose and Rosemarkie, Ross-shire. Margaret Rose Banks. For services to The Guide Association. Noel Berry Banks. For services to WaterAid. Charles Bannister. For services to the community in Harrow, Middlesex. Anne Voss-Bark. For services to Tourism in Devon. David Eric Barker, Farmer. For services to Conservation in East Anglia. Steven Kenneth Edward Barnes, Convoy Leader. For humanitarian services in the former Yugoslavia. Valerie A. Barrie, Headteacher, Ettrick Primary School. For services to Education. Barbara Barrowclough, Administrative Officer, Ministry of Defence. Adrian Barton, Auxiliary in Charge, HM Coastguard, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. For services to Safety at Sea. Rosemary Bashford. For services to Training and Development. David Joseph Batten, Messenger, Ministry of Defence. Violet Bawler. For services to the community in Curry Mallet, Taunton, Somerset. Jane Violet Johnston Baxter. For services to Road Safety in Tayside. George Fraser Beaton, Roads Foreman, Forestry Commission. George Beck, Ship Manager, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders. For services to the Defence Industry. James Andrew Begg, General Medical Practitioner, Ayr. For services to Medicine and to the