Dame Vera Lynn would be “tickled pink” by a decision to name a footpath to the White Cliffs of Dover in her honour, her daughter says.
Virginia Lewis-Jones, 75, has welcomed a council’s plans to immortalise her mum at the landmark.
The hope is for a naming ceremony to be held at Dame Vera Lynn Way to mark the first anniversary of the singer’s death aged 103 on June 18 last year.
Virginia said: “My mum is synonymous with the White Cliffs so this is the perfect way to commemorate her.
“Mum would have been tickled pink to have a section of the famous cliffs named after her.
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"She would have been so pleased… I think this is a really brilliant idea.”
Dame Vera was the Forces’ Sweetheart during the Second World War when her morale-boosting songs included (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover.
Town councillor Graham Wanstall, who submitted the proposal for the path in Kent, said: “The signs for the new name are being designed and prepared.
"Hopefully we can time the unveiling to mark the first anniversary of Dame Vera’s death.
“It’ll be a fitting way to remember [her].”
Dover District Council said “We are taking forward the proposal to [rename] a section of the Saxon Shore Way path.”
