to Action Cancer. Barbara Elizabeth, Mrs. Bennett, Personal Secretary, H.M. Customs and Excise. Irene, Mrs. Bennett, Caretaker, Ballymoney Teachers’ Centre. For services to Education. Paul Christopher James Bennett. For Public Service. Peter Bennett. For services to Heritage and to Education in the West Midlands. Susan, Mrs. Bernerd. For services to Children’s Charities. Sheila Marie, Mrs. Bersin. For services to the communities in Halewood and Knowsley, Merseyside. Lincoln Beswick, Councillor. For services to community safety. Nerys Haf, Mrs. Biddulph, Member, OFWAT Customer Service Committee for Wales. For services to the Water Industry in Wales. Alan Birchall, General Medical Practitioner. For services to Primary Health Care in Nottingham. Alan Birchenall. For Charitable Services to the community in Leicestershire. Ann, Mrs. Birnie, lately First Assistant, Westerhouse Nursery School, Easterhouse, Glasgow. For services to Early Years Education. Gerald Edward Bisson. For services to the Royal British Legion and Ex-Servicemen in Jersey. William George Bittle. For public service. Anthony Blackburn, Commercial Services Manager, Meat and Livestock Commission. For services to the Meat and Livestock Industries. Terence Bernard Boden. Assistant Director, Belfast Institute. For services to Further Education. Florence Elsie, Mrs. Bond, Volunteer Assistant, Highfield Primary School, Plymouth. For services to Education. Alan Booth. Crime Prevention Officer, Nottinghamshire Police. For services to Neighbourhood Watch. The Reverend Theodore Reginald Bott. For services to Chemical Engineering. Peter Ernest Bottomley. For services to the Water Industry. Margaret Veronica, Mrs. Boughton, Contracts Assistant, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Windscale, Cumbria. Margaret, Mrs.Bowden, lately Head Receptionist, Newman College of Higher Education, Halesowen, West Midlands. For services to Higher Education. Wing Commander Charles Boyack (Retd.), A.F.C. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association in Devizes and the Royal British Legion, and the community in Potterne, Wiltshire. Donald Alexander Boyd. For services to Meteorology in Inverness-shire. William Boyd, Postman. For services to the community in Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Anthony Michael Boyer, Assistant Inspector, H.M. Fire Services Inspectorate. Frederick Noel Boyne, Head Porter, Robinson College, Cambridge. For services to Higher Education. Christine Susan, Mrs. Bradley, lately Assistant Team Manager, Highways Agency, Department for Transport. Ms Patricia Josephine Bradley. For services to Financial Regulation within the Financial Services Authority. Joseph Bragg. For services to the community in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Mary, Mrs. Brailsford. For services to the War Widows Association of Great Britain. Elizabeth Mary, Mrs. Braithwaite, Councillor, South Lakeland District Council. For services to the Local Government in South Lakeland. Leslie Brandon, Manager, London Underground