A County Armagh police officer with almost three decades of services has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List.
Inspector Phil Shepherd has served for 29 years and has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal.
From 2006 until 2013 he had been based within the Portadown area.
During that time, Inspector Shepherd was pivotal in assisting in the development of community engagement and his style of neighbourhood policing has been instrumental in achieving continued progress in delivering a safer community for both officers and the public.
Inspector Shepherd was one of the authors of the PSNI Code of Ethics and also helped produce the Human Rights Programme of Action.
Also recognised in the New Year’s Honours List is a local veteran Ulster Unionist councillor.
Alderman Elizabeth Ingram, (pictured), from Rathfriland, is a former Banbridge District Councillor and continues to represent the interests of local people on the new Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
Alderman Ingram receives the British Empire Medal for services to local government and the community.
Among the other local recipients, also receiving the British Empire Medal were Mr George Andrew Johnston, for services to the community in Portadown, Mrs Margaret Maureen McAdam, for services to Portadown Ladies’ Choir and to Girl Guiding in Co Armagh, Mr William Theodore Cecil Mullen, for services to the Lough Neagh Rescue Service, and Mrs Kathleen Sylvia Tracey, for services to charitable fundraising in County Armagh.
The full list is as follows:
Knights Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire
Mr Anthony Peter McCoy OBE
For services to horse racing
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Mr Gerald Lavery
Lately Senior Finance Director, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland
Mr Maxwell George Murray
Lately Senior Civil Servant, Department of Justice. For services to the Northern Ireland Prison Service and engineering
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Mr Geoffrey Wilfred Allister
Executive Director, Highway Term Maintenance Association. For services to highway engineering in Northern Ireland
Dr Robert Leslie Caul
For services to education and sport in Northern Ireland
Mrs Anne Marie Connolly
Chair, Northern Ireland Policing Board. For services to policing and education in Northern Ireland
Mr Terence Martin Cross
Chairman, Delta Print and Packaging. For services to the economy and voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Trevor Anthony Long
Lately Chief Enforcement Officer, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to law enforcement and voluntary service
Dr Norman Cecil Morrow
For services to the pharmaceutical profession in Northern Ireland
Mr William James Nesbitt
For services to drama and to the community in Northern Ireland
Ms Anne O’Reilly
Lately Manager, Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland. For services to older people and the voluntary sector in Northern Ireland
Dr Nicholas Roden Todd
Inspector, Education and Training Inspectorate Department of Education, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to education in Northern Ireland
Mrs Janetta Wray (Janetta Hunter)
Director, Housing Rights Service. For services to the community in Northern Ireland
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Mr Ian Hugh Beggs
For services to rugby
Mr Jeffrey Brownhut
For services to the leisure and tourism industry in Northern Ireland
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Cameron
Chair, Ulster-Scots Community Network. For services to the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Maurice John Devine
Assistant Head, Health and Social Care Clinical Education Centre. For services to the nursing profession and the field of learning disabilities
Mr Jeremy Paul Farrell
Lately Principal, Macosquin Primary School, Coleraine. For services to education
Mr Ian Forbes
For voluntary service to the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross (RUCGC) Foundation
Mr Carl Frampton
For services to boxing
Mrs Barbara Kathleen Green
Principal, Beechlawn Special School. For services to special education
Mr Nigel James Grimshaw
Chief Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to policing and the community in Northern Ireland
Mrs Maria Teresa Hackett
Head of the Training Department, South West College. For services to skills development in South West Northern Ireland
Mrs Joan Patricia Anne Hailes
For services to journalism, broadcasting and to the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Roy Harrison
President, Irish Cricket Union. For voluntary service to cricket in Northern Ireland
Professor Michael Andrew Henry Johnston
Chief Executive, Dairy Council for Northern Ireland. For services to the dairy industry in Northern Ireland
Mr John Alan Little
Founder Member, Helping Others Worldwide. For voluntary and charitable services abroad
Councillor Patrick McCarthy
Lately Councillor, Belfast City Council. For services to local government and community cohesion in Belfast
Mrs Dianne McMillan
For services to swimming and disability awareness
Mr Edwin James Bratten McMurran
Chairman, Belfast Boys’ Model School Board of Governors and Member, Board of Governors, Glenwood Primary School. For services to education in Northern Ireland
Ms Carol Maria Phillips
For services to industry in Northern Ireland
Mr William David Reilly
Chair, Board of Governors, Omagh Academy and Governor, Newtownstewart Model and Gibson Primary Schools. For services to education
Mr James Roddy
For services to business and the community in Londonderry
Mrs Oonagh Rowden
Customer Enquiry Team Supervisor, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to benefit claimants and services to the community and charity in Downpatrick, County Down
Mr Mukesh Sharma DL
Managing Director, Selective Travel Management. For services to the travel trade in Northern Ireland
Mrs Helen Rosemary Smyth
Head of Music, Ballyholme Primary School. For services to education
Mr Graham Kent Sutton
Chair, Board of Governors, Wallace High School. For services to education in Northern Ireland
Mrs Sidny Botevyle Tingley (Ms Ralph)
For services to community music theatre particularly through Act One Scene One
Mr Gilbert Joseph Tunney
For services to the motor industry and the community in Trillick, County Tyrone and Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Mrs Sandra Elizabeth Adams
For services to the Girl Guides
Mrs Isabella Apsley
For services to St John Ambulance and the Red Cross in Northern Ireland
Mr Joseph Peter Austin
For services to the community in Northern Ireland
Miss Valerie Ann Barr
Secretary, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ulster. For services to higher education and to the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Harold Atkinson Beckinsale
For voluntary service to education in Northern Ireland
Mrs Jean Brown
For services to the community in Belfast
Mrs Ruth Craig
For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Ballygowan, County Down
Mr Robert Crangle
For services to young people in Northern Ireland through the Boys’ Brigade
Mr Ronald Crangle
For services to young people in Northern Ireland through the Boys’ Brigade
Mrs Maisie Crawford
For services to the community in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Miss Elizabeth Maud Cunningham
Member, North West Mountain Rescue Team. For voluntary service to the community in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Mrs Janice Catherine Davidson
Personal Assistant to Chief Operating Officer, Translink. For services to public transport in Northern Ireland
Mrs Helen Josephine Davies
For services to animal welfare in Northern Ireland through the Rainbow Centre, Eglinton, Londonderry
Mr Terence Gabriel Doherty
For services to community safety and public protection in Northern Ireland
Mr James Sydney Goodman
For services to music through the Britannia Band and Londonderry Musical Society, Londonderry
Mrs Pamela Patricia Ann Gunn
For services to first aid through St John Ambulance Service, Enniskillen Division
Alderman Elizabeth Ingram
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council. For services to the local government and the community
Mr George Andrew Johnston
For services to the community in Portadown, Northern Ireland
The Reverend Robert Alan Knox
For services to the Royal British Legion and the community in Londonderry
Mrs Margaret Susan Leckey
For services to children through fostering and the Kiddy Winks Mums and Toddlers Group, County Down
Mr Samuel Thomas Loughrey
For services to golf in Northern Ireland
Mrs Elizabeth Janet Campbell Lyttle
For services to the community in Portaferry, County Down
Mrs Susan Martin
For services to young people in Northern Ireland through the Girls’ Brigade
Mrs Margaret Maureen McAdam
For services to Portadown Ladies’ Choir and to Girl Guiding in County Armagh
Mrs Mary Jane McFarland
For voluntary service to South West Acute Hospital and the community in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Mr Anthony Joseph McGeehan JP
For services to the community in Greenisland, County Antrim
Mr Liam McHugh
For services to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Mr Samuel McIlwrath
For services to the community in Comber, Northern Ireland
Mrs Mary McKinney
For services to the community in the City and County of Londonderry
Mr William Theodore Cecil Mullen
For services to the Lough Neagh Rescue Service
Miss Elizabeth Sharon Mary Neely
For services to people with dementia and their families through the Alzheimer’s Society
Mr Colin Charles Rea
For services to young people through the Scout Association
Mr Gordon James Speer
For services to peace building and community cohesion in Castlederg, County Tyrone
Mrs Kathleen Sylvia Tracey
For services to charitable fundraising in County Armagh
Mr George Walsh
Lately Chairman, Newington Housing Association (1975) Limited. For services to the community in Belfast
Mrs Deborah Wolfe
Data Protection Manager, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to policing and the community in Northern Ireland
Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)
Mr Alan Alfred Dickson
Temporary Detective Chief Inspector, Police Service for Northern Ireland
Mr Eric Raymond Murray
Chief Superintendent, Police Service for Northern Ireland
Mr Philip Heatley Shepherd
Inspector, Police Service for Northern Ireland
Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal (QAM)
Mr Thomas McGarey
Risk Manager, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
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