My mom and Dad, and Uncles, were all in WWII and they remembered a sweet British lady singing like an Angel...Thank you Vera Lynn for helping my family make through the Great War..Rest in Heaven now sweet Angel.
I stumbled on to these recordings on Utube the other day. When "We'll Meet Again" started to play, I started sobbing, not with sadness, but love for that voice and sound. I started to remember hearing it when our troop ship was docking in England, coming from the US. I dont know if our shops speakers were playing or how we were able to hear it. As we came off the ship, we were greeted warmly in the street by English people. I guess my memories of the terror of D Day had overshadowed how I felt getting off that troop ship.☺️
I was in Northern England in the mid 80's for work and my British liaison was a man I very much respected, a veteran of the African campaign as well as Sicily and captured in one of the Balkan countries and was a POW for a year. Many props to this man. And he told me several times what Vera Lynn meant to him and "his lads" and he was of the opinion that Ms. Lynn was as responsible for victory as much as almost anyone. Who was I to even question his opinion???
My late father from the war generation, got tears in his eyes hearing her voice. Britain was the only one left, he used to say, but stood ground; Britain didn't give up. Britain saved us. It's true I think, in the end. She was one of her nation's finest.
As my Mother was dying I sang her favorite song to her……We will meet again……She hadsurvived the bombing in London in WW2. Vera had given us so many memories that we carried with us always. Thank you Vera.
I met Dame Vera in 1995 at Clarence Houseo luncheon during the VE Day 50 year celebrations. , watching this brings me back to so many wonderful memories. Sadly she has died at the age of 103 and it brings tears to my eyes to listen to her and see her singing her old iconic songs I remember so very well in my youth. Rest in peace Ma’am it was my privilege.
Yeah remember at 1995 Documentary Anthology THE BEATLES start with this song. I am a beatlefan from 1985 Hi, I speak spanich. Please ¿do you can write what Sir Paul McCartney say about Vera Lynn?(minut 23:30). Write for me please before i translate to spanish . I hope your answer. Thanks
My daddy was in WWII. He was an American stationed in Europe. His brother was with General Patton when they stormed the beaches of Normandy. He was one of the survivors. Daddy and his brother managed to see each other over there briefly. Daddy came home, met mom and on there first date he took her dancing. He had bought a record but didn't own a record player. He would carry it with him so if there was one available, he would play it. It was Dame Vera Lynn. He and mom danced to her all of the time. He would never talk about the war, but he listened to that record. When we, as a family took a tour of Europe in the 1980's, he wanted to go to Normandy. He stood there and for the first time in my life, I saw my daddy cry. It was traumatic for a lot of the boys. He was okay after that. I guess he just had to pay his respects to those who didn't make it. Thank you, Dame Vera Lynn, for being the one bright spot in the war for him. R.I.P.
They seemed surprised that her popularity lasted after the war was over.for those of us who were with her could tell you why. She was not just liked for her beautiful voice We all loved her man. Woman and child..she was a part of England .o course she had a hot record late in life. When I love someone it's forever..I still cry when I hear her..at 85.. I know I will get to hear again soon. It will be an honor.
I was born in 1951, but love the music of the 30s , 40s and 50s. I know these songs, but was unfamiliar with Vera Lynn. I'm sobbing right along with these vets, listening to Vera sing. What a fantastic video. Thank you.
This song by Vera Lynn meant so much to all the soldiers in WWII, and even now, many people relate to this beautiful song! "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when; but I know we'll meet again some sunny day." She spent time with the troops, gave a lot to them, and probably that valuable giving of her voice and herself, was why she lived to age 103!
Such an inspiration for the British victims of the Nazis, helping to maintain hope while enduring devastating terror from the sky, 24hrs a day... the AirRaid sirens at the end are a hair-raising reminder of incoming Nazi terror. But, then after the war ended, they practically disowned Sr. Winston Churchill, the other great inspiration for British citizens DURING the war--- as an American, I'll never understand.. . RIP Dame Vera Lynn-- that you saved many souls with your songs of hope for the future.
When Pink Floyd's The Wall referenced her back in the late 70's, I had no idea who she was. It took me 40 years to find this video. She was charming in a way you just don't see anymore.
Dame Vera Lynn was loved by many non Britons like I. Her voice had the right pitch to get into one's heart. Fortunately in You Tube I can still hear her sing, whenever I want to, RIP Vera Lynn
The first time i heard her song was in Avengers - End Game almost end of the movie where Capt America went back in time and married? Carter... they were dancing seen thru a window, was the happiest/saddest movie scene ever....
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thinking of my father and our family home in Falmouth, Cornwall. Born in America, my home now is Hawaii, but my heart will forever be British. Not embarrassed any more to say I cried through this whole sweet momento……..
Though I was born more than sixty years after World War II ended, I’ve always been fascinated with the era, especially the home front. I can just imagine people in their bomb shelters during the Blitz keeping their spirits up, having sing-a-longs, doing whatever to keep hope, because they knew that the War would be lost the instant they lost hope. As soon they caved to the enemy, Britain would be lost to… well I just say it, evil. It’s rather poetic that she died in these times, which somewhat echo the times in which she previously provided hope to millions. Both ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and ‘There’ll always be an England’ are some of my favourite songs ever. As a Brit, I believe WW2 was my country’s finest hour, such a powerful display of the British spirit, even after the Dunkirk retreat.
Very touching...what a life, aye? When you're living it ...it's like "I hope I live through this...and later it's looking back and saying,'Wow,I did all that?" RIP Nightingale.
R.I.P fly high hope u have a lovely time we’re all still down here loving your music 🥺✨💫❤️u had a great life hope u can have a great time up in heaven love you so much ✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💗💗💗💓💓💓💛💛💛💚💞💚💞💞💞🧡🧡🧡🧡😭😭🥺🥺🥺💫💫💫💫✨
And she was a very real and true Apostolic Roman Catholic Thank God that it didn’t matter to those young courageous soldiers who felt those beautiful lyrics that reached into their hearts!
She would pass away just a month after this was posted. What a comfort that she was appreciated so fondly during her lifetime; too often the accolades and remembrances only come after someone's died. She brought so much joy, and received it as well. Who could ask for more?
We'll Meet Again" is relevant to every conscript and volunteer who had to go away, and who knew that some of them (or us) were not going to "meet again"
Dame Vera Lynn sang to my grandfather in a concert in Burma and years later l had the privilege of corresponding with her when she was home she was a wonderful woman RlP RlP Dame Vera forever in heaven 18:50
To Vera lynns daughter; So very sorry to hear your mum has died may she now rest in peace she was a lovely singer and a beautiful lady: you can tell you are her daughter and so very much like her:
Dame Vera Lynn. A most overwhelmingly inspirational singer who gave hope and pleasure to millions throughout the 20th (and 21st!) Centuries. Her contribution to the comfort and happiness of service-personnel as well as young and old, everywhere, is incalculable. Her kindness, good humour and cheerful reassurance enriched the lives of all. Thank God for the technology that has recorded her singing for posterity!
" 'Well thank you very much, madam', and left...I wonder if she ever heard me on the radio after that?" That's the most British "F.U." I've ever heard and I love it.
I cannot listen to her sing without shedding tears. I was born in this generation but I can feel so many emotions of the war; almost like nostalgia that I've never lived through. God bless her
I am huge fan of ms dame Vera, I am 43 and live every song she sang. Thank God that my grandmother introduced me to her absolutely wonderful voice. I listen to her every chance I get. She was not only the voice of Britain, but of the whole world.
Her radio format in WWII sounds as if it were an "open letter" to the troops in harm's way. That was a unique and personal encouragement to each and all.
Those were the days when we all pulled together in the hope off a better tomorrow so sad for England now God bless and thanks from a daughter of a veteran off world war two
i'm 26, and i love listening songs from 30s - 70s, and We'll Meet Again is my second favourite song after Something Stupid by Nancy Sinatra. Even though she's gone by now, her song would always be remembered. Rest in Piece Dame Vera Margaret Welch
I Bought a 1955 Buick Special that use to belong to this Great Lady her Gardner in Los Angeles bought it from her Many years ago i guess story was told that she gave the Car to him I bought it and sold it to a Couple in Austria they actually found the Add on Craigslist and I went and bought it for Them it was a Very nice Classic Car I also kept one of the License Plates that says Vera-Lynn and sent the other with the Car to Austria. To my understanding the couple that bought the Buick Special Wrote a letter to Vera Lynn and got as Response from her this was about 3 or 4 years ago. when I went to buy this Car from her x Gardner I had ask him if there were any old receipts or old Registrations that would come with the Car he said their is a a few I think, as he was looking in the House my eyes were just wandering around his little old Garage and I saw the 2 License Plates on a nail on the wall that say Vera Lynn when he came back out I ask him about the Plates at first he said No I would like to keep them and then a minute or two went by and he finally said well if you want the Plates go ahead and get them then he said where did you find them Lolo. I would have never really known who this car Belong to if I had not asked about Receipts and old Registrations Because thats when he told me the Story of Vera Lynn and he being her Gardner in LA for 20+ years. just thought I would share. The Gentle man had very good things to say about this Lady and I am sure she will be Missed.
Vera Lynn was HOME to these Men. She brought a little piece of HOME to the men. There is NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Brings tears to my eyes. GOD BLESS HER. RIP Mrs Vera Lynn Lewis. From a fan across the pond.
I was born in Denmark in the last months of the German occupation. This song is my parents generations music, but I love it, and remember it from the ending of Dr. Strangelove. Her voice and message is unique, you know when Paul McCartney is impressed this is someone special.
SO glad I saw this! As a Yank, it took Kubrik's "Dr. Strangelove" to make me aware of Vera Lynn at all; but her track of "We'll Meet Again", played at the end of the movie, captivated me immediately, and has ever since. Thanks, Ricardo2266, thanks BBC!
Paul McCartney nails it when he says Dane Vera was sincere. She did project emotion but in a very 1940s English way, it’s fully communicated but never exploited or exaggerated, you couldn’t do that when tens of millions people were in an existential fight for their lives and liberty and for civilisation itself, you had to stay strong and believe and hope. I think we’d remember Vera Lynn if she’d just sung nice songs in happy times, but she became a towering icon symbolic of the West’s fight for survival and it’s victory over the powers of darkness. Her humble beginnings, her unshowy humility, her simple but unforgettable songs purely, beautifully, clearly and directly sung and her unwavering commitment to the United Kingdom and ‘the boys’ for th3 rest of her very, very long life, all earn her her place in the pantheon of British national treasures.
Good documentary thanks BBC and Vera Lynn. As an aging Yank I first heard We'll Meet Again at the end of Dr. Strange Love. Now to watch the video of Vera reaching 103. She has 30 years on me, hope I last as long.
Truly the greatest generation. Even with so much pain and chaos so much hope and pure human emotion. We all could learn a thing or two from those that came before us. R.I.P Dame Vera, hopefully we all meet again some sunny day.
Amen. I was but four that Christmas we got a record player and the White Cliffs of Dover on record. I think it was one of the first songs I could sing , that and Silent night. Eternal Rest Grant unto her Lord. Her death really, really marks an end to that Englnad when ungrateful vandal deface the Statue of Churchill. Who would have thought it possible that could happen.
