In Pictures: Through the years with forces’ sweetheart Dame Vera
The singer is celebrating her 103rd birthday.
Dame Vera Lynn, who won the hearts of the nation during the Second World War by singing to British troops, is celebrating her 103rd birthday.
Born in East Ham, east London, she rose to popularity with her patriotic songs, including The White Cliffs Of Dover and There’ll Always Be An England – and earned the nickname The Forces’ Sweetheart.
Vera Lynn with her baby in 1946
On stage at Grosvenor House in 1950
With Hughie Green and some of the Battle of Britain pilots attending the Battle of Britain 25th anniversary ball
Dame Vera celebrates her 67th birthday on TV-AM’s Good Morning Britain with Rustie Lee and Patti Boulaye in 1984
Meeting the Queen Mother in 1995
Blowing out birthday candles in 1997 at age 80
She was named personality of the century in a nationwide poll
With former land girls at the Imperial War Museum
Meeting Second World War veteran Les May to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation
As part of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with Captain John (‘Cat’s Eyes’) Cunningham
At a veterans’ luncheon in 2005
The Duke of Edinburgh shakes the hand of Dame Vera at a service in 2005
Celebrating her 90th birthday with Baroness Thatcher at the Imperial War Museum
With the Queen, Bruce Forsyth and Claire Sweeney in 2005
During a photocall to promote her autobiography, Some Sunny Day in 2009
With her Investec Icon award at the O2 Silver Clef Awards 2010
Skyping with pupils from her former east London school, Brampton Primary, on her 100th birthday
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