Crowborough, Lewes and Newhaven residents recognised in King’s Birthday Honours 2026
Crowborough, Lewes and Newhaven residents are among the people recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list.
The Cabinet Office said the Honours recognise those who have made achievements in public life and committed themselves to serving and helping Britain.
These Birthday Honours are awarded every June as part of the King’s Official Birthday celebrations.
Crowborough’s Dr Crystal Elizabeth Oldman CBE, lately chief executive at the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing, was made a Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to nursing.
Thomas Goldman from Lewes, the Deputy Director for Strategic Finance at the Department for Education (DfE), was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to education.
The new Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) include Newhaven’s Phillip Edwin Corsi, lately area operations manager for the RNLI, for services to maritime safety. Lewes’s Amanda Radley, a child exploitation subject matter expert for British Transport Police, was made an MBE for services to vulnerable children and adults.
Crowborough’s Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges became a Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) for services to young people and to sport in Crowborough. Richard Anthony Soan from Lewes was also made a BEM for services to youth cancer treatment through charitable fundraising.