These are the known members of the Guild whose service was marked by their election as a Life Honorary Member.
The title was first written into the rules in 1974 to be an award for outstanding services to the Guild and was by election at the AGM on the proposition of either the Guild Management Committee or of a Branch. From 1951 the Annual Report prints a list of LHMs but rarely are the elections mentioned in the report. It appears that it was awarded upon payment from important people in the diocese and to retiring officers, including non-ringing clerics. Please advise the webmaster of further information.
Note: The names shown in italics are Honary Life Members known to be deceased.
The 64 Life Honorary Members:
| Name | Year of Election |
|---|---|
| Richard Yates | 2020 |
| William A Yates | 1982 |
| A N Wood | |
| Revd Canon Michael Wilson | 1982 |
| William J Whitmore | 1974 |
| Ernest E Whitmore | 1955 |
| Dorothy Westerman | 2005 |
| David Westerman | 2017 |
| Peter D Wenham | 2004 |
| John Weaver | 1986 |
| H J Vaughan | 1963 |
| J Malcolm Tyler | 1980 |
| Canon G F Turner | 1966 |
| Derek Thornton | 2012 |
| Patricia Teall | 2017 |
| David Teall | 2017 |
| Cecil Swann | 2006 |
| Dorothy Stopps | 2012 |
| Lt Col H G Sotherby | |
| Rev Roger W Smith | 1983 |
| Stanley M Ruddlesden | 1983 |
| Canon R H Robinson | |
| Geoffrey Pullin | 2011 |
| Victor Perry | 1991 |
| Denis G Pearson | 2008 |
| Graham Paul | 2023 |
| Bridget Paul | 2023 |
| Revd Canon Ernest G Orland | 1980 |
| James R Mossop | 1980 |
| Burley P Morris | 1959 |
| Rev T Merriman | |
| Rear-Adml Sir Wellwood Maxwell | |
| Alan Marks | 2019 |
| W Loveday | |
| Canon T W Long | 1955 |
| Rex Line | 2001 |
| Gerald Kingston | 2004 |
| Derek Jones | 1992 |
| Susan Jones | 2020 |
| C E Ivens | |
| Frederick W Hutt | 1991 |
| Ray Henman | 2006 |
| James Hedgcock | 1998 |
| Len Hallifax | 2019 |
| Christopher Groome | 1991 |
| Ven Cecil J Grimes | 1959 |
| Edward C Garrett | 2004 |
| Revd C J W Faulkner | 1972 |
| Anthony Evans | 2006 |
| Brenda Dixon | 2015 |
| Hilda Collins | 2014 |
| Murray A Coleman | 1990 |
| Mary R Coleman | 2004 |
| Patrick I Chapman | 1966 |
| Fred Chambers | 1991 |
| Revd Canon J L Cartwright | |
| C William Brown | 1988 |
| Janet Bowers | 2015 |
| John H Bluff | 1971 |
| Robert G Black | |
| Eric E Billings | 1977 |
| Maureen Basford | 2011 |
| Hilary Aslett | 2006 |
| C Adams |
