- Forces' Sweetheart was also a 1953 film.
Forces Sweetheart (or Forces' Sweetheart) is a title given to some entertainment women mainly in the Royal Air Force, although it was also used in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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First World War
The role had its origins in the World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Lady Angela Forbes was the Forces Sweetheart at the camp and was extremely voiciferous in her feelings towards the brutal treatment of soldiers there, whilst Elsie Janis was called The Sweetheart of the AEF. The Forbes family is a wealthy extended American family originating in Boston. Elsie Janis (March 16 1889 – February 26 1956 was an American singer songwriter actress and Screenwriter. The American Expeditionary Forces or AEF was the United States military force sent to Europe in World War I.
Second World War
Sweethearts during World War II included Vera Lynn (now Dame Vera Lynn), whose singing ("There'll be blue birds over the White Cliffs of Dover" and "We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when") brought great happiness to many in Britain; Gracie Fields; and Anne Shelton. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Dame Vera Lynn DBE (born 20 March 1917) is a popular British Vocalist whose career flourished during World War II, "We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 song made famous by British singer Vera Lynn (#29 (US 1954 with music written by Ross Parker and words by Dame Gracie Fields, DBE ( January 9 1898 &ndash September 27 1979) born Grace Stansfield, was an English / Anne Shelton may refer to Anne Shelton OBE, British singer Anne Shelton (courtier (1483-1555 nee Boleyn mother of Henry VIII of England's
Post war
Frances Langford, whose husband was assistant secretary of the United States Air Force under president Harry Truman, was "Singing Sweetheart of the Fighting Fronts" from WWII to Korean War and Vietnam War. Frances Newbern Langford ( April 4, 1913, Lakeland Florida &ndash July 11, 2005, Jensen Beach Florida) was an American The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Present
Present day title holders include Nell McAndrew, Claire Sweeney and Katherine Jenkins. Nell McAndrew (born as Tracey Jane McAndrew on 6 November 1973 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is an English Glamour model Claire Jane Sweeney (born 17 April 1971 in Walton, Liverpool) is an English Actress, Singer and Television Katherine Jenkins (born 29 June 1980 in Neath, Wales) is an award-winning Welsh Mezzo-soprano.
Literature
- Joanna Lumley. Forces Sweethearts.
- Eric Taylor. Forces sweethearts: Service romances in World War II.
- Chantelle Fiddy. My Life on the Front.