New Year Honours List 2026 awardees in Kent
20 recipients from Kent recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026.
Towns in Kent
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Medal / BEM
Stephen Christopher Woodley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Canterbury, Kent
“Member and lately Chair, Canterbury Lawn Tennis Club. For services to Tennis in Kent”
Mark Robert Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“Customer Assistant, Southeastern. For services to Community Railway.”
Wayne Hodgson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Whitstable, Kent
“Founder and Chair, Red Eagle Foundation. For services to Children in Kent”
Robert Harding Hitch
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tonbridge, Kent
“Founder, Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats. For services to Goat Welfare”
Penelope Dyson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Maidstone, Kent
“Secretary, Friends of The Royal British Legion Industries. For Voluntary Service”
Member (MBE)
Alastair Upton
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“Chief Executive Officer, Creative Folkestone. For services to Art”
Benjamin Towers
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Happl. For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise”
Christopher Swadkin
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Young People in South East London”
Kelvin Reynolds
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Greenhithe, Kent
“Chief Technical Services Officer and Company Secretary, British Parking Association. For services to Traffic and Parking Management”
Gail McMANUS
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“Founder and Director, Private Equity Recruitment. For services to Private Equity and Venture Capital”
Valmai Diana Holt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sandwich, Kent
“For services to Military History and War Commemoration”
Janet Fischer
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Rochester, Kent
“Chief Executive Officer, Live Music Now and Co-Chair, Intra Community Trust. For services to Music and to Charity”
Christopher Deering
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to People with Disabilities in the London Borough of Bexley”
Janet Beverly Dell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Broadstairs, Kent
“Lifeguard. For services to Lifeguarding”
Karen Blake
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Tech Talent Charter. For services to Technology and to Diversity”
Officer (OBE)
Francis Stuart
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Maidstone, Kent
“Head of Employee Relations, HM Prison and Probation Service. For Public Service”
Christine Salmon Percival
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“Clerk, Hybrid and Private Legislation, House of Lords. For services to Parliament”
James Nichols
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“Deputy Head of Centre, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence”
Sarah Lee
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Canterbury, Kent
“Deputy Director, Education, Employment and Skills, HM Prison and Probation Service. For Public Service”
Jane Burston
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Clean Air Fund. For services to Air Quality”