It has been 73 years since the Commonwealth “Windrush” generation were invited by Elizabeth II to aid the financial recovery of the UK after World War II. Many Commonwealth citizens sought opportunity and flocked in their numbers to seek employment and rebuild a new future within the UK.
The British Nationality Act 1948 gave automatic citizenship of the UK to citizens of its colonies. Members of the Commonwealth could immediately enact their citizenship and be known as a British subject, free to permanently live and work in the UK.
