If she has been home on compassionate she probably did not have any other uniforms with her, bar those she was wearing. Does seem sad that she feels she needs to travel in uniform on a transatlantic, I was always glad to get out of the damn thing.
Petty Officer Howse, from Ipswich, Suffolk, said: ‘It was horrific. I was made to feel uncomfortable in my own country for wearing the uniform I wear to defend the place. It made me ashamed of my country that a British serviceman can’t travel in uniform. I was so distressed.’
Should that not read "Servicewoman" ?