One member of staff and five police officers will have the honours bestowed upon them. The rewards recognise their work on stories hostage negotiation, to supporting potential police officers of tomorrow, and three officers involved in from the biggest investigation Essex Police has ever undertaken. Det Chief Insp Martin Pasmore, Chief Supt Stuart Hooper and Det Insp Michelle Stoten were recognised for their work into the tragic death of 39 migrants found in the back of a lorry. Det Chief Insp Jasmine Frost, who was influential in a 20-hour negotiation during a siege in Southend in 2010, also received the high praise for being involved in 200 incidents since 2009.
Dedicated warden - Ray Marsh ferrying Roger Hawes and Richard Ranson to Skippers Island nature reserve. Inset: Ray Marsh with his dog Bella A CONSERVATIONIST who spent 60 years on Walton s Backwaters is among those to be named in the New Year’s Honours list. Ray Marsh, 87, from Walton, has been named as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). He will pick up the award for voluntary service to wildlife and conservation at the Skippers Island Nature Reserve on the Walton Backwaters. The well-known custodian took on the responsibility of the nature refuge in 1969 and had journeyed to the island – only accessible by boat for most of the year - more than 10,000 times.