ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203976166/53464488-0697-4970-b225-e900bf0dba37/content/ch2_page25-01_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>In June 1948 the Empire Windrush brought 492 men from Jamaica to Britain and a woman stowaway — Averilly Wauchope, a dressmaker from Kingston. 1 Its arrival could be seen as part of the history of demobilization and of return. Most of those on board had served in the British armed forces during the war and were returning to Britain where they had been stationed.
