THE LEAGUE OF MERCY

Sir Robert Balchin, President and the Trustees of the League of Mercy have announced that the Badge of the Order of Mercy for distinguished voluntary work is to be conferred upon the following: Mrs Dorothy Bartram (Friends of Chiswick Lodge, London) Mrs Fiona Beresford (League of Friends, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford) Mrs Doreen Bernstock (Friends of the Royal London Hospital) Mrs Greta Bowie (The League of Friends, Maud Hospital, Scotland) Mrs Doreen Brown (St Gemma’s Hospice, Leeds) Mrs Lesly Bruce-Watson (The Monday Luncheon Club, Devon) Mrs Penny Burke (Countess Mountbatten House (Hospice), Southampton) Mrs Madge Crawford (SSAFA, Chester) Mr Roger Cresswell (The League of Friends of Wanstead and Whipps Cross Hospital, Essex) Mrs Margaret Currie (SSAFA) Mrs Mavis Curry (League of Friends of the Alnwick Hospital, Northumberland) Dr Bhagabat Das MBE (Indian Senior Citizens Centre, Manchester) Mrs Eileen Davis (Brunelcare, Bristol) The Rt Hon Viscountess Falmouth (Friends for the Royal Cornwall Hospital) Mrs MaureenFord (Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, Hertfordshire) Peter Green (National Association of Hospital and Community Friends) Bernard Hewitt (The League of Friends, South Warwickshire Mental Health Services) Dr Jean Macheath (Community Care Communication, Suffolk) Mrs Rita Pratley (League of Friends of Chipping Norton and War Memorial Hospital) Mrs Jane Reid (Friends of Insch Hospital, Scotland) Mrs Sheilah Roberts (The League of Friends of Monmouth General Hospital, Wales) Mrs Loveday Russell (Befrienders International) Mr William Saunders (The Good Companions of Holywell Hospitals, Wales) Mrs Irene Ann Taylor (Friends of Sunnyside Hospital and Montrose Royal Infirmary, Scotland) Mrs Meg Thomas (Bristol Drugs Project) The Companion’s Badge (for services to the League of Mercy) is to be conferred upon: Mr Edward Lawrence, Professor John Spiers and Professor Alan Roberts OBE, TD