THE name of a Vale of Evesham man is included in a Wall of Remembrance unveiled on Tuesday at a pioneering research site.

David Wright, of Drysdale Close, Wickhamford, was just 22 when he died suddenly from meningitis nearly 18 months ago. Doctors who saw him at Evesham Community Hospital and later at home were unable to diagnose what was wrong with the former High School pupil who worked for Karndean International at Honeybourne.

His mother, Linda Dawson, a nurse herself, was not able to go to Tuesday's ceremony at the Spencer Dayman Laboratories at the University of Bristol but is planning to visit later.

She said: "I appreciate all the hard work they have put in and the research work they are doing, particularly for strain B, the one there is no vaccine for at present."

She added: "I think the Wall of Remembrance is a wonderful idea. They are very supportive towards families of those who have died, and I am very sorry I couldn't go."

The new Spencer Dayman Meningitis Laboratories were also officially opened on Tuesday. Housing a £2 million investment in meningitis research, they were funded by companies and grants, and cash from families who have had direct experience with the disease.

Steve Dayman, operations officer for the laboratories' fund-raising office, said: "We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped raise the funds for this project.."

In Mr Wright's case, it was the absence of a rash that prevented doctors diagnosing meningitis but Mrs Dawson is still bitter and wishes she had insisted he was admitted to hospital.

"People can be fooled in the absence of a rash even if all the other symptoms are there," she said.