Doug Horrill

Champion pensioner Doug Horrill is made an MBE for 40 years of voluntary services to Age Concern New Forest East.

Mr Horrill, 86, of Rosebery Avenue, Hythe, was its chairman for 14 years and is now the honorary president.

The Horrill Centre, a day care unit in Challenger Way, Dibden, is named after him.

Mr Horrill was born at Woodlands, near Netley Marsh, and widowed six years ago. He said: “Being told I’d been awarded the MBE was the biggest surprise of my life. I never expected anything like this.”

He worked in the building industry before spending 26 years at Fawley oil refinery.

John Beer

Southampton City Council’s former social services boss John Beer is awarded the OBE for his services to local government.

Dr Beer, 63, joined the council in 1996 as director of social services and was the council’s longest-serving executive director.

He said: “I’m absolutely delighted. It’s also a recognition of the people who worked for me. I provide the leadership but they have to deliver.”

Dr Beer, of Farnham, Surrey, had a 40-year career in local government.

Ed Hill

Receiving an OBE for services to environmental science is Professor Ed Hill, the director of the National Oceanography Centre, which is based at Southampton docks.

He has been at the helm of the world-leading institution, which is part of the University of Southampton, since May 2005 and during his time as director, he has attempted to improve the results of expensive oceanographic research by co-ordinating the work of smaller British institutions.

Chris Skinner

The head of a pioneering Hampshire-based research body has been made a CBE for his services to social science.

Professor Chris Skinner is director of the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, based at the University of Southampton, which is producing work that is leading the country on social science statistics and research methodology.

The 56-year-old married father of two, who lives in the Highfield area of the city, has worked at the university since reading for his PhD there 31 years ago.

He said: “I’ve achieved some academic awards before, but never anything like this.”

Debbie King

Debbie King, former chairman of the Thornhill Plus You new deal for communities regeneration project in Southampton, has been made an MBE for services to the community in the city.

Mrs King is now executive chairman of Plus You Ltd, the successor body to the ten-year Government-funded scheme.

Judi Strange

Judi Strange is made an MBE in recognition of her work to eradicate child poverty.

As childcare partnership manager for Job Centre Plus in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, she has helped spearhead a pilot scheme to support local families.

The 61-year-old from Emery Down near Lyndhurst said: “I am very honoured. I can honestly say am very proud to work for Job Centre Plus, an organisation that is having such a positive impact on children’s lives by helping families back into work.”

Doreen Hosey

A pensioner who has raised £60,000 for charity has been rewarded for years of selfless hard work by being made an MBE.

Doreen Hosey raised the huge sum by selling her home-made jams, pickles, chutneys and pies and was recognised for services to her community.

The 78-year-old from Fawley, who still spends three days a week fundraising for Oakhaven Hospice in Lymington, said: “It is a huge honour to be made an MBE.

I am overcome.”

Gilda Newsham

Gilda Newsham is made an MBE for services to dementia sufferers in the New Forest.

Mrs Newsham, 72, of Woodgreen, near Fordingbridge, is chairman of the local branch of the Alzheimer’s Society.

She said: “I developed a deep concern for people with Alzheimer’s while working as a senior nursing homes inspector for Southampton health authority. I felt there was an awful lot that needed to be done to improve their quality of life.

“I’m absolutely amazed and delighted to receive an honour. I’m hoping it will raise the profile of the branch.”

Annie McKean

University of Winchester senior drama lecturer Annie McKean receives an OBE in recognition of her services to higher education.

She has produced three documentaries about her work on collaborative productions involving undergraduate students and male and female prisoners serving jail sentences at Winchester prison.

David Harrison

David Harrison was awarded an OBE for his services to golf.

David, 73, of Soames Farm, has been president of the Hampshire Professional Golfers Association since 1982.

He said: “I’m very flattered and extremely surprised. I wondered why it should have been given to me. I’ve played county golf for many years and help with the running of golf in Hampshire. But it has just been a leisure activity and hobby for me.”

William Hynett

William Hynett, chief executive of the B-N Group since 2003, gets an OBE for services to the defence industry.

Based at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, the B-N Group makes the internationally renowned Britten-Norman range of aircraft – including the Defender surveillance plane.

Mr Hynett, of Lymington, is a former Royal Navy pilot who saw service in the Gulf, Bosnia and Kosovo.

Rex Chester

Rex Chester has been made an MBE for his services to young people through the Winchester-based Explore charity.

The charity, set up in 1996, trains and supports couples prepared to discuss their marriage to go into schools and colleges and talk to students about real life experiences.

Rex, 74, a farmer from Warnford in the Meon Valley and former city councillor, said: “It came completely out of the blue. I’ve no idea who put me up for it but I’m deeply honoured.”

Keith Cutler

JUDGE Keith Cutler, a circuit judge who sits at Winchester Crown Court, was made a CBE.

He was appointed Recorder of Winchester, one of the city’s most prestigious honorary titles, last month. He is the resident judge at Winchester and the most senior sitting permanently in the city.

Married with two children, he lives near Salisbury.

Jean Hedley

Jean Hedley, of Lee-on-the-Solent, was made an MBE for her tireless service to nature conservation. She was chairman of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust for eight years before becoming president of the organisation she joined with her husband Richard in 1962.

Richard Priest

Richard Priest has been awarded an OBE for his services to his community on the Isle of Wight.

The 49-year-old dad-of-one, from Shanklin, has been chief executive of the Riverside Centre for 12 years, which enables disabled and non-disabled people to take part in different activities together.

He has also run the Shanklin Voluntary Youth and Community Centre since 1995.

Bruce Millson

Grandfather Bruce Millson Crook, 63, of Gosport, is awarded an OBE after serving with the Ministry of Defence for more than 46 years. His work has included the modernisation of Portsmouth Naval Base, forging relationships with industry and implementing innovative cost-cutting measures.

He said: “This has come out of the blue, it is very humbling.”

Police work recognised

PC Ahmed Sasso and Special Constable Warner Baker are both made MBEs for services to community policing.

A practising Muslim, PC Sasso has established strong relations between the police and Southampton’s faith and multi-ethnic communities in his 18-year career.

The 54-year-old from Totton is also a former general secretary of the National Black Police Association.

He said: “There are lots of other people around me who are also deserving of such an honour. So it’s not just me, it’s everyone else I’ve worked with who’s had a hand in me receiving this award.”

Special Constable Warner Baker from Southampton, began his voluntary police career in 1976 and is in charge of 20 officers.

He gives between 300 and 450 hours’ voluntary service each year that he fits alongside his full-time job at the South Central Strategic Health Authority.

He said: “I’m privileged and humbled to receive an MBE. I see it as recognition for fulfilling a duty and working as part of a larger team.”

Also Honoured

Elsewhere Dr David Price, chief executive of the Whiteley-based firm Chemring Group, is made a CBE for services to the defence industry.

Stephen Wright, of Winchester, has been awarded an OBE for his services at the Valuation Office Agency of HM Revenue and Customs.

Michael Monaghan, of Fareham, is honoured with an MBE for charitable services to ex-servicemen and women.

Ian Davis, of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, was made an MBE for services to the House of Commons.

Foster carer Felicity Brown, of Hook, is made an MBE for services to children, while Philip Mason, of Bordon, is made an MBE for services to disabled people.

Sydney Wiltshire and Julian Wadsworth are made MBEs for services to the community of Petersfield and the young people of Portsmouth respectively.