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A page from the passenger list of M.V. Empire Windrush
The New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd – travelling from Kingston, Jamaica to London, 22 June 1948.
Catalogue ref: BT 26/1237
Letter from Prime Minister Clement Atlee
To Mr J. D. Murray M.P and ten others concerning the arrival of the Empire Windrush and the implications for future immigration, 5 July 1948.
Catalogue ref: CO 876/88
A telegram to Mr Cummings, Colonial Office in London
From Mr Smythe about passengers on the Windrush, 6 June 1948.
Catalogue ref: CO 876/88
You can find a more diverse range of records located on The National Archives Commonwealth migration since 1945 page. You might also want to visit The National Archives Windrush 75 portal.
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- Passenger list of M.V. Empire Windrush
- Letter from Prime Minister Clement Atlee
- Telegram to Mr Cummings
A page from the passenger list of M.V. Empire Windrush
The New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd – travelling from Kingston, Jamaica to London, 22 June 1948.
Catalogue ref: BT 26/1237
Letter from Prime Minister Clement Atlee
To Mr J. D. Murray M.P and ten others concerning the arrival of the Empire Windrush and the implications for future immigration, 5 July 1948.
Catalogue ref: CO 876/88
A telegram to Mr Cummings, Colonial Office in London
From Mr Smythe about passengers on the Windrush, 6 June 1948.
Catalogue ref: CO 876/88