A number of people who aided the health care system during the pandemic in Hertfordshire are among those recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year.

This year’s list was postponed from June in order to include people such as medical workers, fundraisers and volunteers who have been instrumental in the Covid-19 effort.

It celebrates the selfless good deeds of big names as well as ordinary people during the pandemic, which saw delivery drivers drop off food and medicine to vulnerable people and health and care workers put themselves at risk to help their communities and beyond.

Listed are some of the local members who were recognised this year:

Elizabeth Anne Butterfield, the deputy governor at Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade from Borehamwood, was recognised for services to young people.

Daniel Benjamin Black, from Elstree, was recognised for services to laser technology innovation.

Dr William Alan Hawkshaw, from Radlett, was recognised for services to music and composing.

Geoffrey Michael Simmonds, from Bushey, is a trustee at the Pavilion Opera Educational Trust and was recognised for his services to education.

Linda Ann Crowe, the senior project manager for health and social care network at NHS Digital, who is from Watford, was recognised for her services during Covid-19.

Jaime Bree Smith, also from Watford, is a director for the Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools programme at the Anna Freud Centre, and was recognised for services to education.

Angela Mary Dukes, a site staff at Watford Grammar School for Boys, was recognised for her services to education.

Elizabeth Mary Timmons, a voluntary inpatient unit assistant at Peace Hospice Care, was recognised for her service to terminally ill patients.

While Rajendra Parshotam Popat Pankhania, from Northwood, was recognised for serices to older people to the community in Stanmore.

Darryl  Keen, chief fire officer at Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, was also listed in the Queen’s Honours.

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