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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Silence of Wiltshire ghost village broken for ‘last burial’ at its church

The funeral for Ray Nash at St Giles church in Imber
The funeral for Ray Nash at St Giles church in Imber. Photograph: David Clarke/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News

Over the decades, Ray Nash would return to the “ghost village” of Imber to visit his father’s grave on days when military exercises were halted and public access was granted.

On Thursday, Nash’s final wish was fulfilled when he was laid to rest in the same graveyard, after the Ministry of Defence gave permission for his funeral and burial to take place in the deserted Salisbury Plain settlement in Wiltshire.

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