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 65 Life Honorary Members:
| Name | Year of Election |
|---|---|
| A N Wood | |
| Lt Col H G Sotherby | |
| Canon R H Robinson | |
| Rev T Merriman | |
| Rear-Adml Sir Wellwood Maxwell | |
| W Loveday | |
| C E Ivens | |
| Revd Canon J L Cartwright | |
| C Adams | |
| Robert G Black | |
| Canon T W Long | 1955 |
| Ernest E Whitmore | 1955 |
| Burley P Morris | 1959 |
| Ven Cecil J Grimes | 1959 |
| H J Vaughan | 1963 |
| Canon G F Turner | 1966 |
| Patrick I Chapman | 1966 |
| John H Bluff | 1971 |
| Revd C J W Faulkner | 1972 |
| William J Whitmore | 1974 |
| Eric E Billings | 1977 |
| J Malcolm Tyler | 1980 |
| Revd Canon Ernest G Orland | 1980 |
| James R Mossop | 1980 |
| Revd Canon Michael Wilson | 1982 |
| William A Yates | 1982 |
| Rev Roger W Smith | 1983 |
| Stanley M Ruddlesden | 1983 |
| John Weaver | 1986 |
| C William Brown | 1988 |
| Murray A Coleman | 1990 |
| Fred Chambers | 1991 |
| Frederick W Hutt | 1991 |
| Victor Perry | 1991 |
| Christopher Groome | 1991 |
| Derek Jones | 1992 |
| James Hedgcock | 1998 |
| Rex Line | 2001 |
| Edward C Garrett | 2004 |
| Peter D Wenham | 2004 |
| Mary R Coleman | 2004 |
| Gerald Kingston | 2004 |
| Dorothy Westerman | 2005 |
| Anthony Evans | 2006 |
| Hilary Aslett | 2006 |
| Cecil Swann | 2006 |
| Ray Henman | 2006 |
| Denis G Pearson | 2008 |
| Geoffrey Pullin | 2011 |
| Maureen Basford | 2011 |
| Derek Thornton | 2012 |
| Dorothy Stopps | 2012 |
| Hilda Collins | 2014 |
| Janet Bowers | 2015 |
| Brenda Dixon | 2015 |
| David Westerman | 2017 |
| Patricia Teall | 2017 |
| David Teall | 2017 |
| Alan Marks | 2019 |
| Len Hallifax | 2019 |
| Richard Yates | 2020 |
| Susan Jones | 2020 |
| Bridget Paul | 2023 |
| Graham Paul | 2023 |
| Ian Willgress | 2024 |
