The Second World War trove includes more than 600 fan letters as well as the late singer’s personal diary from her 1944 tour of India.
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A Second World War trove of objects, letters and documents that belonged to Dame Vera Lynn has become the Imperial War Museum’s latest acquisition.
The late singer’s wartime archive – which includes more than 600 fan letters – will go through a “rigorous collection care process” before it can be displayed to the public, the museum in London said.
Items worth £59.7m allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives as part of Arts Council England scheme
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