Mark of disrespect: Anti-war protesters vandalise poppy poster with urge to 'prosecute Blair'
Anti-war protesters have vandalised billboards for the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal.
They have changed the wording on a poster showing the widow and young son of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
The poster, which will be appearing nationwide, says: 'For their sake wear a poppy.'
But protesters in Gillingham, Kent, changed one poster to 'For their sake, prosecute Blair' and a second to 'For their sake, bring 'em home'.
Defaced: One of the posters changed by anti-war vandals and, inset, the official British Legion wording
One resident said: 'It was so cleverly done I thought for a moment the British Legion had suddenly become political'.
The vandalism has horrified friends and family of Private Damian Wright, who was 23 when he was killed by a roadside bomb in 2007.
The poster shows his widow Hester, 22, and her son Joshua, six, from Mansfield, proudly displaying his picture.
Pte Wright's mother Debbie Smalley, 45, called the vandalism 'plain wrong'.
She said: 'The British Legion do a great deal for ex- servicemen and widows and they are not political. Whoever did it should be ashamed.'
The British Legion said: 'We would say to whoever did this that we hope they feel they have had their bit of fun. We would never discuss the rights or wrongs of conflicts.'
Police are investigating.
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