Vera Lynn Of The World newspaper, with proceeds in aid of the Gulf Trust. Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England". She remained
Margaret Davies (writer) these are now held in the Cwrtmawr Manuscripts collection at the National Library of Wales. Margaret Davies (writer) Margaret Davies or Marged Dafydd (c. 1700 – 1778 or 1785) was a Welsh poet, scribe, and manuscript collector. Her work led to the survival of large numbers of poems in Welsh. Davies was born in Coetgae-du, near Trawsfynydd in north-west Wales. Davies was one of a circle of north-western Welsh women poets, including Margaret Rowlands and Alis ach Wiliam, who travelled to meet with each other and trade poems. Like the pioneering poet Angharad James, born in the previous generation, the