King's Birthday Honours List 2026: Full list of recipients in Portsmouth and Hampshire

King Charles has named dozens of people from Portsmouth and Hampshire in his 2026 Birthday Honours List

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Vikki Joanne Knight. Director for Fraud, Error and Debt Policy and Strategy, Department for Work and Pensions. For Public Service. (Tadley)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Alistair Halliday. Chief Executive Officer, Forces Employment Charity. For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families. (Liphook)

Harry Matovu KC. Chair, Black Talent Charter and King’s Counsel. For services to Business and to the Legal Profession. (Southampton)

Sandra Mary Plaw. Foster Carer, Hampshire County Council. For services to Foster Care. (Southampton)

John Michael Roberson. Distinguished Specialist, Nuclear Threat Reduction, AWE. For services to Defence. (Basingstoke)

John Manwaring Robertson. Chair, No Going Back. For services to Offender Rehabilitation. (Alton)

Rachael Ross MBE. Founding Officer, National Down Syndrome Policy Group. For services to Education, Policy and People with Down Syndrome. (Hinton Daubnay)

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Rachael Ross

Professor Joanna Kate Swaffield. Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton. For services to Economics. (Winchester)

Johann Walker. Director Estate Services, AWE. For services to Defence. (Basingstoke)

Carolyn Florence Williamson. Lately Chief Executive, Hampshire County Council. For services to Local Government. (Bideford, Devon)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Helen Robyn Atkinson. Director of Public Health, Portsmouth City Council. For services to Public Health. (Liphook)

Stewart Henry Booth. Head of Safety Assessment, AWE. For services to Defence. (Tadley)

Krystyna Stefania Butwilowska. Lately Chair of Governors, Portsmouth High School, Hampshire. For services to Education. (Old Portsmouth)

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Krysia Butwilowska, former St Luke's School headteacher and chair of governors at Portsmouth High School | Portsmouth High School

Anne Carr. Head of Grants, Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity. For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans. (Southampton)

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Anne Carr, head of grants at the RNRMC | Contributed

Sarah Jane Chimbwandira. Chief Executive Officer, Surrey Wildlife Trust. For services to the Environment. (Bordon)

Fay Susan Cornwell. Senior Lawyer, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Benefits Recipients. (Basingstoke)

Alison Blanche Field. President, Royal Forestry Society. For services to Forestry. (Winchester)

Joanne Gordon. Chair, Forces Additional Needs and Disabilities Forum Committee. For voluntary service to Service Personnel and their Families. (Fleet)

Nicholas Knight. For services to Education and to the community in Hampshire. (Havant, Hampshire)

Stuart Vance Laidler. Operations Manager, Serco Maritime Services, HM Naval Base Portsmouth. For services to the Royal Navy. (Portsmouth)

George Edward Spencer Seligman. For services to the Environment. (Romsey)

Jonathan David Stokes. Director of Trees, Science and Research, The Tree Council. For services to Tree Conservation. (Fareham)

Faye Toogood. Designer. For services to Design and Fashion. (Alresford)

Maureen Lilian Treadwell. Co-Founder and Treasurer, Birth Trauma Association. For services to Birth Trauma Awareness. (Stockbridge)

Mark Keverne Courthope Wills. Deputy Chair of Governors, Royal Star and Garter Charity. For services to Armed Forces Veterans. (West Meon)

Charles Wood. Lead Peer Mentor, Outcome Home. For services to Tackling Homelessness. (Whitchurch)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Jane Benson JP DL. For services to the community in Andover, Hampshire. (Andover, Hampshire)

Neil Alexander Blanks. For services to Hospital Radio in Gosport and Portsmouth. (Portsmouth)

Richard Frank Boswell. Flood Volunteer, Wallington, Hampshire. For services to Flood Defence. (Wallington)

Jacqueline Burton. Nursery Practitioner and Manager, Children’s Learning Centre, Emsworth, Hampshire. For services to Early Years Education. (Waterlooville)

John Eric Merchant Cottle. For services to the community in Hayling Island, Hampshire. (Hayling Island)

Daniel Graeme Crow. Director, ‘A Space’ Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage. (Southampton)

Kimberley Purkis. Founder, Face Everything and Rise. For services to Individuals Living with Intestinal Failure. (Romsey)

Paul James Shutler. Constable, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary.

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