On His Majesty's National Service (novel)

 was the sixth novel in the sixth series of Lethbridge-Stewart, released under the banner of The Laughing Gnome, by Candy Jar Books in 2019.

Publisher's summary
As a young man Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart never wanted to follow in his illustrious family military history, he just wanted to be a maths teacher. But then the Korean War broke out and he was called up for National Service. He soon met Spencer Pemberton – and his life was changed forever!

Plot
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Characters

 * Signalman/Lance Corporal Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Dame Anne Bishop
 * Brigadier William Bishop
 * James 'Jumbo' Chalmers
 * Signalman Frank Campbell
 * Signalman Stan Hodgson
 * Sapper Brian Hooper
 * Second Lieutenant/Lieutenant Spencer Pemberton
 * Peng
 * Shin

Continuity

 * Brian Hooper first appears in PROSE: Mutually Assured Domination, set in 1969. On His Majesty's National Service shows the circumstances of his meeting with Lethbridge-Stewart.
 * Frank Campbell first appears in PROSE: All the King's Men, set in 1969, and is the cousin of Fiona Campbell, Lethbridge-Stewart's future wife. On His Majesty's National Service shows the circumstances of his meeting with Lethbridge-Stewart.
 * The events depicted in this book were referenced in PROSE: Night of the Intelligence.