File photo dated 23/03/00 of Dame Vera Lynn in the garden of the Savoy Hotel, after she was named personality of the century in a nationwide poll. Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has died at the age of 103. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday June 18, 2020.
MY FATHER who was in the Navy during the war loved Vera Lynn.
He always said her singing was a big part of keeping the troops spirits up and it reminded him of home in England no matter where he was in the world.
Vera never let fame change her personality, she always was the forces sweetheart and she represented that special war generation with poise and dignity right to the end of her life.
Paddy Maxwell
Lordshill
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