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Amid a grand list of knights and dames in the honours list are humble heroes who through everyday actions and selfless deeds have helped to forge the region’s proud resilience and spirit.

There are Yorkshire’s healthcare champions, honoured by the Queen for efforts over recent months. Scientists and academics, credited for delivering a brighter future for the nation, and education leaders honoured for their work in shaping children’s futures across Yorkshire.

There are also the librarians and charity workers and supermarket staff who helped to create better communities.

As they are recognised with the greatest of accolades in a thank you from the nation, there is a stunned sense of surprise for many. “Receiving the letter was one of the more surreal experiences of my life,” said Asda’s Daniel Owens, made an MBE for services to retail customers. “It took me a few reads of it to convince myself it was real.”

Professor Wendy Burn, former president of the RCPsych, who has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list. PA Photo.

Yorkshire's list in full for those recognised in the Queen's birthday honours 20...

Order Of The British Empire

Knights Bachelor

David John Lewis. Lately Chief Executive Officer, Tesco. For services to the Food Industry and to Business. (London, Greater London)

Alan Lane artistic director at Slung Low Theatre Company, in Holbeck, which launched a couple of years ago in the country's oldest working men's club.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Timothy Richard Allen. Prison Group Director, Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire, H.M. Prison and Probation Service. For public service. (Todmorden, WY)

Stephen Bagshaw. Chairman, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies. For services to the UK Manufacturing and Biotechnology Sector. (Huddersfield, WY)

Professor Wendy Katherine Burn. President, Royal College of Psychiatrists. For services to Mental Health. (Ilkley, WY)

Sharon Watson, former Artistic Director at Pheonix Dance Theatre and Chief Executive and Principal, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, is honoured with an MBE for services to dance. She is pictured at the third annual ‘Celebrating Women’ eventheld in Leeds Town Hall. Picture Tony Johnson

Anthony Edward Tudor Browne. Children’s Author and Illustrator. For services to Literature. (Canterbury, Kent)

Margaret Adela Miriam Carver. For services to Sport and to the Media Sector. (Winchester, Hampshire)

Robert Champion MBE. Founder, Bob Champion Cancer Trust. For charitable services to Prostate and Testicular Cancer Research. (Newmarket, Suffolk)

Richard Graham Corbett. Lately Leader, European Parliamentary Labour Party. For European Parliamentary and Political Service. (Shipley, WY)

Kim Leadbeater. Ambassador, Jo Cox Foundation and Chair, More in Common Batley and Spen. For services to Social Cohesion, to the community in Batley, West Yorkshire and to Combatting Loneliness during Covid-19

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Amanda Jane Bennett. Executive Principal, Greetland Primary Academy, Calderdale and CEO, Great Heights Academy Trust. For services to Education in West Yorkshire. (Halifax, WY)

Michael Loughlin Fell. Head, Cyber Operations, H.M. Revenue and Customs. For public and voluntary service to security. (Otley, WY)

Nigel Gibbs. Unit Head, Appeals and Review Unit, Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, Crown Prosecution Service. For services to Law and Order. (Wetherby, WY)

Dawn Michelle Hall. Adult, Family and Community Learning Manager, Doncaster. For services to Further Education in South Yorkshire. (Doncaster, SY)

Lee Hallam. Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Linbrooke Services Ltd. For services to Business and to Skills. (Sheffield, SY)

MBE for Leeds dancer David Hamilton founder of the Phoenix Dance Company. Picture : Jonathan Gawthorpe

Dr Linda Diane Harris. Chair, Health and Justice Clinical Reference Group, NHS England. For services to the NHS. (Wetherby, WY)

Professor Lorraine Lucy Maltby. Professor of Environmental Biology, University of Sheffield. For services to Environmental Biology, Animal and Plant Sciences. (Sheffield, SY)

John David Medland. Policy Manager, BT. For services to Public Safety. (Huddersfield, WY)

Hugh Max Rolo. Chair and Founding Member, Key Fund. For services to Social Investment and Enterprise in the Midlands and North of England. (Bradford, WY)

Nicholas John Rust. Lately Chief Executive, British Horseracing Authority. For services to Horseracing. (York, NY)

Michael Vincent Shanahan. Deputy National Head, Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, NHS England. For services to the NHS. (Driffield, East Riding of Yorks)

Linda Grace Shears. Co-founder, Shears Foundation. For services to Charity. (Harrogate, NY)

Janet Valerie Sheriff. Headteacher and National Leader of Education, Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley. For services to Education in West Yorkshire. (Harrogate, NY)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Professor Adewale Olukayode Adebajo. Consultant Rheumatologist, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Inclusive Patient and to Public Involvement in Research. (Sheffield, SY)

Elizabeth Ann Blades. For services to the community in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. (Scarborough, NY)

Yorkshire's list in full for those honoured in Queen's New Year's Honours 2021