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2004
New Year honours for Staffordshire | |
|  | A year to remember for Lee Pearson |
| | Paralympian Lee Pearson heads the list of Staffordshire folk whose outstanding achievements have been recognised in the New Year honours list.
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| | In a year that Britain's Olympic gold medal heroes dominated the New Year's Honours list, Staffordshire's Paralympic gold medalist Lee Pearson has further cause for celebration after being awarded an OBE.
While Kelly Holmes and Tanni Grey Thompson were made dames and Matthew Pinsent knighted, Lee Pearson from Leek was honoured in recognition of his monumental equestrian success and services to sport for the disabled.
Triple success
It's been a great year for Pearson who became one of the all-time equestrian greats with stunning displays at the 2004 Paralympics where he bagged three gold medals.
Following his performances at the Paralympics, Lee also walked away with the Midlands Sports Personality of the Year award for 2004.
And this award has rounded off the year with a hat-trick of successes for Lee.
An OBE is also going to Neil Carr from the South Staffordshire Health Care NHS Trust for services to nursing.
First Response
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Rosemary Walley (Nee Thayne) celebrated the award of an MBE for her work in establishing the Community First Response scheme.
The scheme uses volunteers in rural locations to ‘first respond’ whilst the ambulance service response is en route.
Rosemary, who grew up in Talke Pits, North Staffordshire is the sister of Roger Thayne, the Chief Executive of Staffordshire Ambulance Service.
Unsung heroes
The list also honours some of the region's other unsung heroes...
Harold Sydney Morris the leader of north Staffordshire's Jewish Community is to get an MBE for his work promoting racial equality and inter faith relations.
Ian Kennedy James, Principal director of Tamworth and Lichfield College, gets an MBE as does Mrs Jean Emily Makin, for services to HM Prison Stafford.
And Staffordshire's deputy chief constable David Swift, who headed the British policing operation for Euro 2004, is receiving a Queens Police Medal.
CBE
Dr Anthony George Harris, OBE
Chair, West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum
For services to Agriculture and to the Environment. OBE
Neil Carr
Executive director of Nursing, South Staffordshire Health Care NHS Trust
For services to Nursing.
David Lee Pearson, MBE
For services to Equestrianism and to Disabled Sport.
Kevin Peter James Rogers
Director, HM Prison Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
For services to the Contracted-Out Prison Service. MBE
Mrs Joyce Winifred Farnham
Councillor, Stafford Borough Council and Stone Town Council
For services to Local Government and to the community in Staffordshire.
Ian Kennedy James
Principal director, Tamworth and Lichfield College, Staffordshire
For services to Further Education.
Mrs Jean Emily Makin
For services to HM Prison Stafford.
Harold Sydney Morris
For services to Community Relations in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Mrs Mary Moss
For services to the community in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
Anthony Sheppard
Head of Physical Education Training, HM Prison Service College, Lilleshall, Shropshire
Mrs Lorraine Sweeney
Grade E1, Ministry of Defence
QPM (QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL)
David Swift
Deputy Chief Constable, Staffordshire Police
QFSM (QUEEN'S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL)
Graham John Maltby
Deputy chief Fire Officer, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service |
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