New Year Honours List 2026 awardees in Kent
20 recipients from Kent recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026.
All honours from Kent - every yearTowns in Kent
20 people
BEM
Wayne Hodgson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Whitstable, Kent
“For services to Children in Kent.”
Robert Hitch
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tonbridge, Kent
“For services to Goat Welfare.”
Penelope Dyson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Maidstone, Kent
“For Voluntary Service.”
Stephen Woodley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Canterbury, Kent
“For services to Tennis in Kent.”
Mark Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“For services to Community Railway.”
Member (MBE)
Alastair Upton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Art.”
Benjamin Towers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
Gail Mcmanus
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“For services to Private Equity and Venture Capital.”
Janet Fischer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Rochester, Kent
“For services to Music and to Charity.”
Karen Blake
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“For services to Technology and to Diversity.”
Christopher Swadkin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Young People in South East London.”
Kelvin Reynolds
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Greenhithe, Kent
“For services to Traffic and Parking Management.”
Valmai Holt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sandwich, Kent
“For services to Military History and War Commemoration.”
Christopher Deering
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to People with Disabilities in the London Borough of Bexley.”
Janet Dell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Broadstairs, Kent
“For services to Lifeguarding.”
Officer (OBE)
Christine Salmon Percival
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Parliament.”
Sarah Lee
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Canterbury, Kent
“For Public Service.”
Helen Burston
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Air Quality.”
Francis Stuart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Maidstone, Kent
“For Public Service.”
James Nichols
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
All honours from Kent - every year
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