ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE: John Crispian Strachan, QPM, DL. Chief Constable, Northumbria Police. For services to the Police. (Northumberland)

OBE: Thomas Walker Sale. For services to the community in Alnwick, Northumberland. (Alnwick)

MBE: William Edward Cromar. Secretary, National Fire Services Benevolent Fund. For services to Fire Officers and their Families. (Morpeth, Northumberland); Dianne Crowe. Specialist gynaecology nurse, Hexham General Hospital, Northumberland. For services to Women's Health. (Hexham); Elizabeth Margaret Davidson. Personal secretary, Inland Revenue. (Alnwick, North-umberland); Charles Douglas Knott. Lately Chief Commandant, Northumbria Police. For services to the Police. (Hexham, Northumberland).