Unveiling of a new memorial in Portsmouth to commemorate the 2.2 million national servicemen who served in the British Armed forces between 1947 and 1963.This is a result of a large fundraising effort by Michael Homer, a Hampshire veteran and chairman of the National Service Veterans Alliance who served in the Royal Army Service Corps between 1958 and 1960. This fundraising included a plaque-a-thon by visiting towns by rail.