Imberbus 2022

Man ‘may be last to be buried’ in evacuated Wiltshire ‘ghost village’

“A “ghost village” evacuated almost 80 years ago is to host what might be its final funeral for a man who lived there when he was a boy.

The settlement of Imber on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire was cleared during the second world war so that the area could be used to prepare troops before the D-day landings.

Villagers were never allowed to return and it remains part of the Ministry of Defence’s training area with people only allowed to visit occasionally.

However, in January the village church of St Giles is likely to be packed for the funeral of Ray Nash, who has died aged 87, and wished to be buried in the churchyard.”
[source: The Guardian ]