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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Pol Allingham

Wartime star Dame Vera Lynn would want young people to help others – daughter

Dame Vera Lynn in 2020 with a picture of herself as a young woman (Sean Dempsey/PA) - (PA Archive)

The daughter of forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has stressed the importance of “duty” for young people and said her mother would have thought it is “very important” they help others.

Dame Vera lifted troops’ spirits with concerts in Egypt, India and Burma during the war in which she sang songs including The White Cliffs Of Dover and We’ll Meet Again, which were heard at the Westminster Abbey service on Thursday.

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