A teacher, former mayor and renowned war correspondent are just some of the figures from Dorset to be recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Kate Adie, who lives in Dorset, and Professor David Antony Haslam, of Martinstown, have been made CBEs for services to media and services to NHS leadership respectively. Professor Haslam is the chairman of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Director of Bovington Tank Museum Richard Smith has been awarded an OBE for services to military heritage.

Clive Burgess, of Portland, has been made an MBE for services to young people in Dorset, Philip Evans, of Lyme Regis, has been made MBE for services to charity and the community and William Fox-Pitt, of Sturminster Newton, has been made MBE for services to equestrianism.

Mr Smith first visited the Tank Museum aged two - but spent 11 years working in logistics for global shipping giant P&O before joining the museum as director 12 years ago.

He praised his team - and his predecessors - for their work in transforming the attraction.

Mr Smith added: "As the director of the museum, I am the conductor of the orchestra and completely depend on my team to bring our plans to fruition. It is wonderful that our achievements have been recognised in this way."

Mr Burgess, 66, co-founded the Dorset Expeditionary Society around 30 years ago. Now a registered charity, the group took its first group of schoolchildren to the Equator in 1987, and has since taken children away every year. The society has helped 3,200 children travel abroad and inspired 200 more youngsters with independent leadership roles.

In 2008, Mr Burgess helped found the Will Mackaness Trust and remains a trustee to this day. Will, a Wey Valley School pupil, was passionate about water sports. He died of a brain tumour aged just 16 and Mr Burgess – then head of upper school at Wey Valley – set up the trust with head teacher Phil Thomas. The charity aims to enable the youngsters of Weymouth and Portland to experience sailing, windsurfing, paddle boarding and kayaking and build on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Mr Evans, 69, has been recognised for using his position at the newspaper View From Lyme Regis to help raise substantial amounts of money for a number of charities.

He has served as mayor of the resort and raised approximately £10,000 for Waterworks Limited following requests from readers for the cost of 66 standard water survival boxes, each of which provided a water-purification kit and range of other essential survival items for displaced families.

He also set up the Lyme Regis Cancer Research UK Committee in 2008 and has raised £150,000 to date.

Mr Fox-Pitt, 49, has had a distinguished career in eventing and represented Great Britain in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro – just months after a fall left him in an induced coma.

He was the first British rider to become eventing's World No 1, a distinction he achieved in 2002, 2009, 2010 and again in 2014. He has represented his country consistently over the past 20 years, won seven Gold medals at the European Championships and has been the British No 1 eleven times.

He was also Board Director of the Event Riders Association.