Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ (née Welch), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", was an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. 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".