Abandoned village holds 'last-ever funeral'
A village abandoned 80 years ago to make way for a military training ground has held what is expected to be its last-ever funeral.
On Wednesday his family fulfilled his long-held wish to be buried next to his father in St Giles' churchyard.The late Mr Nash's father Jim died when his son was just one. Mr Nash, who served in the army in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers before starting a career as a mechanic, was determined to be buried next to the father he never knew.Speaking after the service, Kelvin said: "It went absolutely splendidly, I couldn't have wished for any better."
His daughter Vicki said: "Family was everything to both him and mum, it would have meant a lot that all the are here doing their crying and fighting as babies and children do."
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