Jean Hawes

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Jean Mary Hawes (16 January 1932 – 16 October 2008) received an MBE in 2007 for her services to hockey from The Queen at Buckingham Palace.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6758487.stm | title=Disabled people's chief honoured | date=16 June 2007 }}

When she was 14, she joined Wycombe Rye Ladies Hockey Club, based in High Wycombe. Jean was a part of Wycombe Rye Ladies for over 60 years, serving in many different capacities – as a player, an umpire, a committee member, and a friend to all.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wycombehc.co.uk/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/Enquiry/ListNews.aspx |title=Welcome to WHC |website=Wycombe Hockey Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723100641/http://www.wycombehc.co.uk/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=%2FEnquiry%2FListNews.aspx |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |access-date=2016-08-01 |url-status=dead }}