In Memoriam: Vera Lynn (“We’ll meet again”)

On June 18, the British singer Dame Vera Lynn (real name: Vera Margaret Welch) died at the age of 103. Vera Lynn reached the peak of her career during the Second World War, when she was nicknamed “The Forces’ Sweetheart” because of her popularity with the British troops.
 

 
On the occasion of her 100th birthday Jersey Post released a set of Post and Go Labels with the additional printing “We’ll meet again” and symbolic music notes. The song “We’ll Meet Again” of 1939 (text/music Ross Parker and Hughie Charles) is one of the singer’s most famous songs and one of the most famous songs from the period of WW2.
 
More details about the singer can be found at Wikipedia