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
Vera Nimidoff Vera Nimidoff Vera Nimidoff (1879-1963) was a lyrical artist, born in Odessa (then in the Russian Empire), who performed at the Paris Opera in 1900-1903 and then held a literary salon with her husband Louis Bour. Nimidoff studied at the Milan Conservatory. She came to Paris to finish her musical studies at the singing school of Eugénie Vergin-Colonne in 1899 then with Désirée Artôt. She made her debut at the Paris Opera on March 10, 1900, as Stéfano in Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" then Siebel in Gounod's "Faust" in October 1900. She sang the role of Cleanthis in the première