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An ex-serviceman has blasted the “morons” who he says are disrespecting High Wycombe’s war dead by “clambering” on the town’s war memorial.

The memorial, outside All Saints Church, regularly attracts groups people who sit on top of it, and has recently become a focal point for gamers after becoming a ‘Pokestop’ on the hugely successful mobile game Pokémon Go.

Sid Oliver, 80, from Oakham Grove Road, Hazlemere, who joined the RAF in 1953, says he is “apoplectic” at those who sit and play on the monument, which only last month was at the centre of the Somme centenary commemorations.

He told the BFP he feels disrespected by the number of people he sees sitting on the memorial – adults as well as children - and claims they do not not understand its importance.

He said: “I’m apoplectic, we went past on the bus and there must have been 15 people sitting on top of it.

“They have no respect for anyone. There were people climbing all over it and they do not seem to understand.

“We’ve been to Wycombe District Council and made a complaint. We were told the police don’t want to know.

“My wife wanted to say something but she’s done that before and been abused for it. But what can you do about it apart from putting netting around it. I just do not understand why people don’t have any respect.”

These pictures were taken by the BFP on Monday, showing people sitting on the memorial. There is no suggestion any of them were playing Pokemon or 'climbing' on the structure.

The memorial has recently been listed in Pokémon Go, which has become a craze across the country and allows gamers to visit different areas collecting virtual monsters.

The app has claimed certain sights as ‘Pokémon stops’, which allows gamers to go to landmarks in their town and ‘collect’ the characters.

One player at the memorial said: “This is a Pokémon stop, the only reason I knew what this place was is because of Pokémon.”

However, the majority of those sitting near the spot and approached by the BFP said they did not see their actions as disrespectful.

Robert Jones, 79, an army veteran, told the BFP: “It doesn’t really bother me, I’ve been in the army, and I’m not worried as long as people don’t deface it.”

However, Mr Oliver’s wife Jean said she has previously approached adults eating their lunch on the stone monument, and has been “abused” for doing so.

She said: “I get quite angry, it’s just disgusting. What is the difference between urinating on it and sitting there eating burgers and sandwiches?

“I have been abused by people when I approached them about it, but why should I have to tell them?

“I haven’t seen it anywhere else, only in Wycombe. It breaks my heart. I don’t know how people could be so wicked.”

As well as the High Wycombe churchyard, Loudwater’s war memorial has also featured in the game, as well as the Burma memorial near the Rye.