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Campaign to fund a memorial to honour Dame Vera Lynn wins support from more than 70 MPs from across the Commons
A campaign to fund a memorial to honour Dame Vera Lynn has won support from more than 70 MPs from across the Commons who have written to Rishi Sunak seeking public funding. Among them are Harriett ...
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WWII singer Vera Lynn, who performed for Jewish refugees in the UK, dies at 103
(JTA) — Vera Lynn, a British singer who performed at benefit concerts for Jewish refugees in the years leading up to World War II, has died at the age of 103. Lynn, whose late husband ...
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Campaign to fund Dame Vera Lynn statue will get £1m boost under Tories
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer gave her commitment to the statue campaign She said the planned memorial was a 'fitting tribute' to late singer Vera Lynn Dame Vera, known for her song The White ...
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Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn on her WWII radio programme, Sincerely Yours, 1941. Known as the Forces' Sweetheart, Vera's iconic song We'll Meet Again became the anthem of wartime separation and hope. The page will ...
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Primary History KS2: WW2 Clips. 'White Cliffs of Dover'
Vera Lynn (1917 - 2020) was one of the superstars of entertainment during the war years and became known as 'The Forces' Sweetheart.' She was a star of film and music. She released a number of ...