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 Jean Ashenden, Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice, London

Mrs Audrey Broad, Ellenor Hospice, Kent

Mrs Edith Clarke, City Hospice, Cardiff

Mr Ryan Clarke BA, Mansfield District Corps of Drums, Nottinghamshire

Mrs Beatrice Dyer, Friends of the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Cornwall

Mrs Win Ebanks, The League of Friends of Crawley Hospital, West Sussex

Mr David Gabriel, St Elizabeth Hospice, Suffolk

Dr Geoffrey Harrison, The Harrison Foundation, Berkshire

Mr Dennis James, The Young Lives Foundation, Kent

Mr Philip Jones, St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire (posthumous award)

Miss Jennifer Kauntze, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, London

Mr Peter Kerrigan, LOROS Hospice, Leicester

Mrs Carol Kitching, Samson Centre for MS, Surrey

Sister Nichola Lovett, Meadow House Hospice, Middlesex

Mr Colum MacCourt, St. Richard's Hospice, Worcester

Mrs Patricia Marti, Northern Ireland Hospice

Mrs Ann McNally, Northern Ireland Hospice

Major Richard Murray, Cadet Force Bands, Shrewsbury

Mrs Janet O'Neill, Accord Hospice, Renfrewshire

Mrs Mary Parry, Cruse Bereavement Care, Surrey

Mr Trevor Pearce, The Parachute Regimental Association Portsmouth

Mr Reginald Ramm, Havens Christian Hospice, Essex

Mr Dennis Rensch, Havering & Brentwood Bereavement Service, Essex

Mrs Kate Spall, Pamela Northcott Fund, Chester

Dr Ian Stott, Hampshire and Sussex Trust, Fareham

Mr Barry Theobald-Hicks OStJ, The Royal British Legion, Kent

Mr Jonathan Williams, Senior Citizen Liaison Team Charity, North Somerset

Mr James Wilson, Stabilisation.eu, Kingdom of Spain

Mrs Janet Yalden, RMBI Homes, London

The Companion’s Badge of the Order is to be conferred on:

The Venerable Archdeacon John Blackburn CB, Professor Michael Seed, Mrs Dawn Ward CBE