How fitting that Wootton Bassett has been renamed Royal Wootton Bassett in tribute to our war heroes in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Wootton Bassett residents rightly deserve the Royal prefix – the first for 100 years – after their unconditional displays of support for our fallen heroes.

Our brave soldiers risk life and limb for what some might say are needless wars, but rise to their challenges with dignity, pride, and a stoic professionalism way beyond the understanding of our ordinary everyday lives.

DAVID TINSON, Moorland Road, Witney