Stars including Katherine Jenkins and Sir Tim Rice were among those who paid tribute to the Forces' Sweetheart at the service in London. The wartime singer and ...
Celebrated as a symbol of the British wartime spirit, Dame Vera had a career as a singer and entertainer lasting a remarkable ninety years. Her songs We'll meet ...
Celebrated as a symbol of the British wartime spirit, Dame Vera had a career as a singer and entertainer lasting a remarkable ninety years. I had the chance to interview Vera, and to meet her husband Harry - always there to keep a watchful eye on the missus. A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Dame Vera Lynn was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Monday 21st March 2021.
Dame Vera - known as the “Forces' Sweetheart” - captured the hearts of the nation during the Second World War with her uplifting musical performances and songs.
Dame Vera also became heavily involved with charity work later in her life. “The Abbey is proud to honour a woman who honoured others and to remember someone who was herself faithful to precious memories.” The service was led by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, who said: “Vera Lynn gave voice to the hopes and fears of a generation that lived through the trauma of war.
The late Dame Vera Lynn's memorial service welcomed the great and good today as Westminster Abbey threw open its doors to celebrate the 103-year-old ...
Katherine Jenkins, Alan Titchmarsh and Jonathan Dimbleby were among those who paid tribute to Dame Vera Lynn at a thanksgiving service in London to ...
The service was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday with members of her family, friends from the world of music, representatives from charities she supported and members of the Armed Forces in attendance. The service was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday with members of her family, friends from the world of music, representatives from charities she supported and members of the Armed Forces in attendance. In particular, she campaigned for the Burma Star Association, a British veterans’ association for ex-servicemen and women who served in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. Her most popular songs encapsulated the spirit of Britain during wartime and included We’ll Meet Again, The White Cliffs Of Dover and A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square. Katherine Jenkins, Alan Titchmarsh and Jonathan Dimbleby were among those who paid tribute to Dame Vera Lynn at a thanksgiving service in London to celebrate the life and work of the wartime singer. Katherine Jenkins, Alan Titchmarsh and Jonathan Dimbleby were among those who paid tribute to Dame Vera Lynn at a thanksgiving service in London to celebrate the life and work of the wartime singer.
Westminster Abbey hosted a memorial service ceremony to celebrate life and work of the singer who died in 2020.
A Service of Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey has seen tributes paid to Dame Vera, who passed away in June 2020 at the age of 103 | ITV News Meridian.
In 2009, at the age of 92, Dame Vera became the oldest living artist to top the UK's album chart with We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn. The singer lived for much of her life in the village of Ditchling in Sussex, where she passed away in June 2020 at the age of 103. The star's successful career continued long after the war, with her cover of the song My Son, My Son reaching number one on the UK single charts in 1954.
The wartime singer had a highly successful career spanning more than 90 years.
In particular, she campaigned for the Burma Star Association, a British veterans’ association for ex-servicemen and women who served in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. Her most popular songs encapsulated the spirit of Britain during wartime and included We’ll Meet Again, The White Cliffs Of Dover and A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square. Operatic singer Jenkins closed the service by giving an emotional rendition of We’ll Meet Again in an elegant light blue dress with a navy and silver headpiece, which was followed by the National Anthem. The service was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday with members of her family, friends from the world of music, representatives from charities she supported and members of the Armed Forces in attendance. Whether she was in Britain singing on radio programmes, or with the boys on the front in the Middle East or in Burma where she spent several long weeks entertaining the troops.” While broadcaster Dimbleby reflected on the late singer’s close connection with the Armed Forces, noting the challenges the soldiers faced during those dark days of war and how in their quiet moments they would most yearn for home.
Dame Vera Lynn's life was celebrated during the Westminster Abbey Service. She died in June 2020 at the age of 103.
“She never talked about her time in the war. It was that simple.” “The boys were so young, she herself was still in her twenties. “What mattered was the sentiment, and when she sang We’ll Meet Again it went to the hearts of those young men precisely because none of them knew where or when that might be. Speaking in the Abbey, broadcaster and fan Alan Titchmarsh revealed how even the Queen became devoted, asking Dame Vera to sing at her 16th birthday party at Windsor. In 1975 the Queen made her a Dame, and a Companion of Honour in 2016 - an honour delivered to her home. We were told one of her greatest gifts was always to know instinctively what people needed to hear – her words even quoted by the Queen in her address to the nation at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stars including Katherine Jenkins and Sir Tim Rice were among those who paid tribute to the Forces' Sweetheart at the service in London. The wartime singer and ...