The Rt Hon the Lord Lingfield, President, and the Trustees of the League of Mercy have announced that the Order of Mercy is to be conferred upon the following individuals for distinguished voluntary service:
Mrs Pat Allen, Ellenor Hospice, Kent
Sergeant Major Louise Baker-Morris, Cadet Force Bands, Shrewsbury
Sister Margaret Bannerton, Vincentian Care Plus, London
Captain Stephen Clark TD, the Army Benevolent Fund, London
Mrs Hilary Crompton, Wirral Holistic Therapeutic Care Services, Wirral
Mrs Joan Dew, The League of Friends of the Princess Royal Hospital, West Sussex
Mr Dennis Donovan, George Thomas Hospice Care, Cardiff
Mr David Eager, The Surrey Provincial Charity Committee Sports Association, Surrey
Mrs Elizabeth Elliott, Northern Ireland Hospice, Newtownabbey
Mrs Pat Findon, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, Herts
Mrs Valerie Folger, The League of Friends of the Southampton General Hospital
Mr Michael Golston, St Nicholas Hospital Care, Suffolk
Mrs Maureen Hammond, Friends of the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Cornwall
Mr Tom Hill, The Mary Stevens Hospice, West Midlands
Mrs Freda Jenkins, St Helena Hospice, Essex
Mrs Betty Johnson, The Royal Star & Garter Homes, Surrey
Mr Louis Kleinman, Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice, London
Mrs Gillian Leacy, East Lancashire Hospice, Lancashire
Mr Joseph Mann, St Catherine’s Hospice, Lancashire
Mrs Josephine Mann, St Catherine’s Hospice, Lancashire
Ms Janet Marshall, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, Sheffield
Mr Peter McCormick OBE, Yorkshire Young Achievers’ Foundation, North Yorkshire
Mr David Phillips, Glangwili Hospital League of Friends, West Wales
Mrs Isabel Riddell, NHS Fife, Victoria Hospice, Kirkcaldy
Mrs Judith Robinson, Royal London Society for Blind People, London
Major Derek Smyth MBE TD, The Not Forgotten Association, London
Mrs Jill Talbot, St Clare Hospice, Essex
Mr Clive Thompson, Helen & Douglas House Hospice, Oxford
The Revd Andrew White, Air Training Corps, Bexley, Kent
Mrs Ann Wickham, The Guild of the Royal Hospital of Saint Bartholomew, London