Dame Vera Lynn left £250,000 - a quarter of her wealth - to war veterans and ...
Forces' Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn left £250,000 - a quarter of her wealth - to war veterans and their families She stipulated in her will that £250k from her £1.1m estate should be given to the Dame Vera Lynn Charitable Trust, which she set up with her husband in 1989 Shortly before her death last June, aged 103, Dame Vera thanked the public for their donations to the organisation Trust's website reveals it has made donations to groups such as Blind Veterans UK, Royal British Legion, Gurkha Welfare Trust and Help 4 Forgotten Allies Non-military causes to benefit include NSPCC, Starlight Children's Foundation and NHS
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Dame Vera Lynn left almost a quarter of her wealth to help former Armed Forces members and their families.
The Forces Sweetheart stipulated in her will that £250,000 from her £1.1 million estate should be given to the Dame Vera Lynn Charitable Trust, which she set up with her husband in 1989.
Shortly before her death last June, aged 103, Dame Vera thanked the
