Vera
Lynn
England's sweetheart during the
trying times
of World War II.
Vera Lynn was born Vera
Welch on 20 March 1917,
in Thackeray Road, East Ham.
She was singing in Working
Man’s Clubs at
the age of seven, and joined a
dancing troupe
when she was 15. Her firs
broadcast was in 1935,
singing with the Joe Loss Orchestra.
in
1940, and it was around that same time that
Lynn became the
host of the BBC radio program
Sincerely
Yours; the show became incredibly
popular with overseas
servicemen who
missed their
girlfriends, and her regular
songs included such
hopeful/heartsick
ballads as "White Cliffs
of Dover,"
"We'll Meet Again,"
"Wishing," and "Yours,"
which were taken to
heart by the British public.
April 2004
Dame Vera Lynn opened a new wing of
’Firepower’ at the Royal
Artillery museum.
The 87 year old wartime entertainer was in
guest of honor at the
opening ceremony in Woolwich.
The new wing tells the
story of the
Royal Artillery from the
Cold War to
the present day, so who
better to open it than
’The Forces’
Sweetheart’.
