Vera Lynn’s achievements go far beyond mere music. Forever cast in British memories as the “forces’ sweetheart” of World War II, her impassioned, proud voice was the sound of home to soldiers posted overseas, and the sound of hope for those battling at home (“There’ll Always Be an England”). Her best-loved songs are lush and yearning (“I’ll Be Seeing You”), and she proved to be a perennial hitmaker, topping the UK album charts with a greatest hits collection in 2009 at 93 years old. No commemoration of the war is complete without her signature tune, the hauntingly sentimental “We’ll Meet Again”.