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Gallery Package - Vera Lynn
Celebrating 90 years - 20 March 2007

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Cover of sheet music for the song &quotI love to sing" by Vera Lynn from the film &quotRhythm Serenade&quotby Columbia Pictures.
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Autographed photograph of Vera Lynn in wartime uniform.<br>WWII<br>
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Dame Vera Lynn typing during WWII<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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31 March 1946<br>Dame Vera Lynn pictured with her husband and their new born daughter, Virginia Penelope-Ann Lewis, at home at Hassocks on the South Downs in Sussex<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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Vera Lynn and her daughter Virginia Penelope Ann at their home on the South Downs at Hassocks, Sussex<br>March 31st 1946
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Vera Lynn singing for radio.<br>late 1940's early 1950's
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Vera Lynn.
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3 August 1950<br>Dame Vera Lynn entertains Not Forgotten Association members at a garden party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, London.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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Dame Vera Lynn packing hats at her Finchley home.<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Pictured - 27 December 1951<br>Credit: TopFoto
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27 December 1951<br>Dame Vera Lynn packing a pair of Raffia slippers, given to her by her daughter, at her home in Finchley.<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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Dame Vera Lynn leaving Waterloo Station, London for her US tour.<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Pictured - 29 December 1951<br>Credit: TopFoto
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Dame Vera Lynn leaving for her US tour aboard the Queen Mary in Southampton.<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Pictured - 30 December 1951<br>Credit: TopFoto
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25 February 1952<br>Dame Vera Lynn returns with her mascot 'Meredith' from her US tour. In front of the Queen Elizabeth liner at Southampton.<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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8 June 1954<br>Dame Vera Lynn returns with an large teddy bear called 'Snowball', for her daughter. On arrival from her US tour at Waterloo Station, London.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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Vera Lynn sings with Dutch soldiers and they urge her for her autograph. 10th December 1954
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Jazz greats at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 23rd February 1955. Ella Fitzgerald, Vera Lynn and Oscar Peterson.
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1956<br>Dame Vera Lynn pictured reading a story, at home in Finchley, to her ten year old daughter, Virginia Lewis.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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Undated<br>Dame Vera Lynn - sewing in her own sewing room at home where she does all the mending herself.<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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March 1957<br>Dame Vera Lynn pictured with her daughter, Virginia Lewis, as they water the garden at home in Finchley.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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<br><br><br>VERA LYNN<br>British Singer<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>PTRS 048351 18.11.1957
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4 November 1958<br>Dame Vera Lynn pictured with her daughter, Virginia Lewis<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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13 May 1960<br>Liberace with the Fols-de-Rols at a rehearsal for the Royal Variety Show at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. The girls L-R: Dame Vera Lynn; Marion Ryan; Alma Cogan; Janette Scott; Yana and Anne Shelton<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: PA / TopFoto
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16 May 1960<br>Dame Vera Lynn performing with the Fols-de-Rols at the dress rehearsal for the Royal Variety Show at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. The girls L-R: Janette Scott; Vera Lynn; Pearl Carr; Alma Cogan.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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14 March 1963<br>Dame Vera Lynn pictured with her daughter, Virginia Lewis who was celebrating her 17th Birthday.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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January 1964<br>Dame Vera Lynn<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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2 December 1964<br>Dame Vera Lynn with a portrait that she painted called 'Modern Dutch Girl'. At an exhibition at the 'Undercroft', St Martin In The Fields of works af art by members of the theatrical profession.<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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Dame Vera Lynn<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Pictured - September 1965<br>Credit: UPPA / TopFoto
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30 September 1965<br>Dame Vera Lynn singing during the Cabaret Spot at the 25th Anniversary Ball of the Battle of Britain at the Dorchester Hotel, London. In the front is veteran pilot 'Ginger' Lacey<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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30 September 1965<br>Dame Vera Lynn with veteran pilots at the 25th Anniversary Ball of the Battle of Britain at the Dorchester Hotel, London. L-R: Flight Lieutenant James (Ginger) Lacey; Group Captain Wilfred Duncan Smith; Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp; Vera Lynn; Hughie Green; Squadron Leader Drobinski; Group Captain Hugh (Cocky) Dundas <br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: PA / TopFoto
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Dame Vera Lynn<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Pictured - May 1966<br>Credit: UPPA / TopFoto
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20 October 1967<br>Dame Vera Lynn singing at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the Desert Rats on the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: TopFoto
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11 February 1969<br>Dame Vera Lynn pictured with her daughter, Virginia, after she received the insignia for her OBE at the Investiture at Buckingham Palace, London<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: PA / TopFoto
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Dame Vera Lynn<br>British singer famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Pictured - February 1971<br>Credit: UPPA / TopFoto
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9 October 1974<br>Dame Vera Lynn received the freedom of the City of London at the Guidhall.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: PA / TopFoto
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20 March 1984<br>Dame Vera Lynn celebrating her 67th Birthday on TV-AM with cook, Rustie Lee (centre) and guest singer, Patti Boulaye<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: PA / TopFoto
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27 April 1985<br>Dame Vera Lynn received the Burma Star and the 1939-44 War Medal at a veterans reunion in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Pictured with Air Vice Marshal Sir Bernard Chackafield, chairman of the Burma Star Association.<br>The British singer became famous during World War II, when she was nicknamed 'The Forces' Sweetheart'<br>Credit: PA / TopFoto
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The Queen talks to Dame Vera Lynn at London's Earls Court this evening (Monday) after the great event, a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.<br>26th October 1992
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>DAME VERA LYNN<br>British Singer and Writer<br>Awarded the title of 'European Woman of Achievement' by the EUW (European Union of Women)<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>URK 008017/B-22 08.07.1994
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>VE DAY COMMEMORATIONS<br><br>Dame VERA LYNN, British Singer.<br>With CLIFF RICHARD, British Singer<br>(Both sang at the British Legion Concert which was held in Hyde Park as part of the weekend's celebrations)<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>UIW 009468/B-30 07.05.1995
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<br><br><br>Dame VERA LYNN<br>British Singer<br>(Attending the launch of the &quotForties Fashion and the New Look" Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum)<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>UKWT 012671/C-05 11.02.1997
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<br><br><br>Dame VERA LYNN<br>British Singer<br>(Forces' &quotSweetheart" during World War II)<br>Seen celebrating her 80th Birthday<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>URM 012873/B-11 20.03.1997
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<br><br><br>Dame VERA LYNN<br>British Singer<br>(Forces' &quotSweetheart" during World War II)<br>Seen celebrating her 80th Birthday<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>URM 012873/A-22 20.03.1997
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DAME VERA LYNN & THE SPICE GIRLS AT THE AUNCH OF THE 1997 POPPY APPEAL OUTSIDE THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL THIS MORNING.<br>PIC: MAX MUMBY/FNP
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<br><br><br>Dame VERA LYNN<br>British Singer<br>(Wartime 'Forces Sweetheart')<br>Seen at the launch of 'Volunteers Week'.<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>UIW 016214/A-01a 01.06.1999
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Wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn during her visit to the Imperial War Museum's 1940s' House exhibition. The 84-year-old Forces' Sweetheart, who like the Queen Mother helped raise British spirits during the Blitz.<br><br>* ... urged her old friend to take it easy. Dame Vera said the Queen Mother, who was admitted to hospital today suffering from anaemia, often took on too much, but praised her for her dedication. Dame Vera became famous during the Second World War with songs such as We'll Meet Again.
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(left-right) Dame Vera Lynn, Baroness Thatcher and Dame Shirley Bassey at the Royal Academy of Art in Piccadilly, London for the Queen's Jubilee Arts Party celebrating all areas of the arts as part of nationwide celebrations marking the Golden Jubilee.<br><br>* ... of Queen Elizabeth II.
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KATHERINE JENKINS and DAME VERA LYNN at the Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital Gardens, Chelsea, London, UK. <br>Date:23.05.2005 <br>Ref: UDW022039_0393<br>COMPULSORY CREDIT: David Wimsett / uppa.co.uk
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Dame Vera Lynn (centre) with Bruce Forsyth and Petula Clark, at the V60 celebrations in Horse Guards Parade, London. Date: 10.07.2005. <br>Ref: UC022210_0003<br>COMPULSORY CREDIT: UPPA / Photoshot
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National Pictures: The Sixtieth Anniversary of VJ day. Upto one hundred Fourteenth Army veterans and former Far East prisoners of war attended a reunion at the Imperial War Museum in Central London today. Which included HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of the Burma Star Association. Pictured Here- War time Sweet heart - Vera Lynn. Photo: Shaun Curry 15/8/2005
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NATIONAL PICTURES<br>Dame Vera Lynn and Jimmy Saville attend the unveiling of a new monument commissioned by the Battle of Britain Historical Society at Victoria Embankment Sunday, 18 September 2005. The monument was created by Paul Day and depicts the roles played in the Battle, from munitions worker to fighter pilot.<br>Ph: Rebecca Reid
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