Birthday Honours List 2005: Recipients of the Royal Victorian Order

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN

The following individuals have been awarded honours in the Royal Victorian Order in this year's Birthday Honours List.

The Royal Victorian Order is given by The Queen to people who have served her or the Monarchy in a personal way. These may include officials of the Royal Household, family members or perhaps British Ambassadors who have helped organise a State Visit to a particular country.

DCVO

Elizabeth Anne, Mrs GRIFFITHS, CVO

Librarian and Archivist to The Duke of Edinburgh

London

Jean Alys Barker, Baroness TRUMPINGTON

Extra Baroness in Waiting to The Queen

East Sussex

KCVO

Sir Michael William BUNBURY, Bt, DL

Chairman, Council of the Duchy of Lancaster

Suffolk

Simon Alexander BOWES LYON

Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

CVO

Patricia Gay Warren, Mrs CATTO

Head of Ceremonial Secretariat, Cabinet Office

London

Ian William Venart TAYLOR

Treasury Accountant, H M Treasury

Woking

LVO

Kenneth ATMORE, MVO

Formerly for services to Royalty Protection

Kent

Miss Audrey Jessie DELLOW, MVO

Formerly Organist, Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park

Buckinghamshire

Sandra, Mrs GEE

Assistant Private Secretary to The Princess Royal

London

David RANKIN-HUNT, MVO, MBE, TD

Administrator and Assistant to the Surveyors (Military), Royal Collection

Berkshire

Roger Hedley WHALLEY

Formerly Surveyor of Lands - Urban, Duchy of Lancaster

Buckinghamshire

MVO

Inspector Mark Raymond BENTLEY, Metropolitan Police

For services to Royalty Protection

Essex

Chief Superintendent Ian Richard BOYES, Metropolitan Police

For services to Royalty Protection

Surrey

Miss Pauline Marie DODGE, RVM

Senior Telephone Operator, Royal Household

Middlesex

Alan Richard DONNITHORNE

Head of Paper Conservation, Royal Library

London

Michael Alan EBBAGE

Accountant, Sandringham Estate

Norfolk

Iola May, Mrs FASS

Formerly Assistant to the Purse Bearer to the Lord High Commissioner

Edinburgh

Stephen Thomas HARRISON, MBE

Formerly Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke of York

East Sussex

David I'ANSON

Assistant Health and Safety Manager, Royal Household

Kent

Richard David THOMPSON

Furniture Conservator, Royal Collection

London

Miss Hilary Jane WHITING

Formerly Senior Secretary, Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy's Household

London

Peter Francis WILKINSON

Palace Rota Television Cameraman

Surrey

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL (GOLD)

Andrew Littlejohn KEMP, RVM

Foreman Forester, Balmoral Estate

Aberdeenshire

BAR TO ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL (SILVER)

Miss Elizabeth Ann PICKARD, RVM

Chief Upholsteress, Buckingham Palace

Berkshire

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL (SILVER)

Dennis Andrew BROWN

Gardener, Highgrove Estate

Gloucestershire

Yeoman Warder Derrick COYLE

Ravenmaster, H M Tower of London

Suffolk

Graham Roy CUMMINS

Gamekeeper, Gatcombe Park

Gloucestershire

David FISHER

Estate Manager, Nether Lypiatt Manor

Gloucestershire

Alan William GOODSHIP

Kennel Man, Sandringham Estate

Norfolk

Keith JOHNSON

Specialist Machinery Operator, Crown Estate, Windsor

Berkshire

Colin JOHNSTONE

Forest Ranger, Windsor Estate

Berkshire

Ian Francis JUFFS

Unit Manager, Royal Farms, Windsor

Berkshire

Paul Adrian MOORES

Gardener, Royal Gardens, Windsor

Berkshire

Christopher Stephen Leonard PAGE

Specialist Machinery Operator, Crown Estate, Windsor

Berkshire

Barry Kenneth STONE

Gardener, Royal Household

Kent

Leslie Walter STRUDWICK

Gamekeeper, Home Park, Hampton Court Palace

Surrey

David Melville THOMPSON, MBE

Divisional Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard

Cambridgeshire

John William UNDERHILL

Tractor Driver, Duchy Home Farm

Gloucestershire

David WEIGH

Chief Cabinet Maker, Royal Household

Berkshire

Peter Barry WHORTON

Deputy Yeoman of the Plate Pantry, Windsor Castle

Berkshire