THE FAMILY of Swindon Gulf War hero Vince Phillips look close to winning their fight to see an official memorial to him and the town's other post-1945 war dead.
Swindon Council votes tomorrow on a resolution to add the names of those who fell in Britain's post-World War Two conflicts to the town centre cenotaph.
And it is also considering a plan to build a £70,000 memorial wall in Queen's Park, inscribed with the names of all servicemen killed in conflicts from 1914 onwards.
Although there are rolls of honour at the Steam museum and in the Town Hall, there is no central list of all Swindon's war dead from World War One onwards.
They are thought to total 3,000.
Vince Phillips, a sergeant in the SAS, was 36 when he died while taking part in the famous Bravo Two Zero mission during the Gulf War.
Since his death his family has campaigned for formal recognition of his sacrifice.
His brother, Jeff, 45, said: "It will make our family so proud if they go ahead with this.
"And it will be great for everyone else in the town who has lost sons and daughters.
"It will be somewhere to go and remember Vince especially for my mother.
"The support for this is tremendous.
"It's a great honour to have Vince put up there but it's also for everybody else who has lost loved ones.
"I know that there are loads in the town, and they feel the same as we do."
The cost of amending the inscription on the cenotaph to include the words "all wars and conflicts since 1945" has been estimated at £300.
Although the cost of altering the cenotaph will be borne by the council, it is not yet clear who will pay for a possible memorial wall.
It has been suggested that the wall could be built with the help of students from Swindon College, which could reduce the cost.
Both proposals go before the council's cabinet when it meets in the Civic Offices tomorrow.
The meeting starts at 6.30pm, and members of the public are welcome to attend.
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