Sporting figures, academics, community stalwarts and volunteers are among those people from Gloucestershire singled out for New Year Honours.

Heading the list is Gloucesteshire-born former England cricket captain Alastair Cook, who is knighted for services to cricket.

Other recipients (including those from the Bristol area) are:

Royal Victorian Order

DCVO

Susan Louise Wigley, CVO. Lady in Waiting to The Duchess of Gloucester.

Royal Victorian Medal

RVM

Karen Jayne Buckle. Cook Highgrove House.

Marlene Jones. Housekeeping assistant Highgrove House.

Order of the British Empire

CBE

Timothy Mark Dannatt. Head of Acquisition Queen Elizabeth Class, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence Acquisition. (Stoke Gifford, Bristol)

Steven Scott McCarthy. Minister of Defence Materiel British Defence Staff Washington. For services to Defence. (Gloucestershire)

Richard Craig Scudamore. Executive chairman Premier League. For services to Football. (Gloucestershire)

OBE

Professor William John Armitage. Emeritus Professor University of Bristol and director, Bristol Tissue Bank. For services to Corneal Transplantation. (Wells, Somerset)

Richard Boggis-Rolfe. Chairman National Employers Advisory Board. For voluntary service to the Armed Forces Reserves. (Gloucestershire)

Dr Charles Edward MacDonald Foster. Reader in Physical Activity and Public Health Bristol University. For services to the Promotion of Physical Activity. (Oxfordshire)

Clare Denise Gibbs. Strategic Partnering manager Cabinet Office. For public service. (Gloucestershire)

Anne Obey. Director of Financial Reporting Nationwide Building Society. For services to Financial Reporting and to Sustainable Energy. (Bristol)

David Olusoga. For services to History and to community integration. (Long Ashton, Bristol)

Lorna Ann Thompson. Through Life manager Soldier Survivability. Defence Equipment and Support. For services to Procurement. (Bristol)

MBE

Helen Andrews. Operations manager Bristol, Civil and Family Justice Centre, HM Courts and Tribunal Service. For services to Justice and the community in Bristol and Cheltenham. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)

Susan Glover Durrell. Consultant Physiotherapist Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Physiotherapy. (Snowshill, Worcestershire)

Roger Alan Harper. Employment Judge South West. For charitable and voluntary service. (Bristol)

Alan George Head. Chairman Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Squadrons, RAF Air Cadets. For voluntary service to Young People. (Gloucestershire)

Maureen Loxley. Price Integrity Operator Tesco plc and Trade Union Representative, Usdaw. For services to the Retail Sector and to Trade Unions. (Gloucestershire)

Peter John Leonard Nixon. For services to Conservation and to the National Trust. (Gloucestershire)

Roger Gordon Opie. For services to Education and to the community in Bristol. (Clifton, Bristol)

Charles Patterson Reed. For services to Disabled People in Sport. (Cirencester, Gloucestershire)

Elisabeth Mary Skinner. Academic Leader Society of Local Council Clerks. For services to Parish Councils. (Stroud, Gloucestershire)

British Empire Medal

BEM

Sharon Beckett. Chief executive Sight Cymru. For services to Blind and Partially Sighted People in South Wales. (Woolaston, Gloucestershire)

Joy Hibbins. Founder Suicide Crisis. For services to Vulnerable People. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)

Mary Elizabeth Doreen Robinson. For services to Music in the community in Blockley. Gloucestershire. (Blockley, Gloucestershire)

Constable Adrian Mark Secker. Avon and Somerset Constabulary. For services to Policing and the community in Bath. (Bath, Somerset)

Hamish Robert Thompson. Technical Services Officer Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Firefighter Safety. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)