Mr Elijah HoughtonI was in the Militia for some years. We were in Dublin at the time the Crimean War broke out, and a number of us, including Mr. William Knight, of Ebenezer-terrace, Rushden, volunteered to go whenever we were wanted. Now, Mr. William Knight and I are the only two left in this neighbourhood. We who volunteered were formed into the 2nd Battalion of the 48th Regiment. They sent us out to Gibralta, but took us no further. We were under the Marquis of Exeter. At the time of the Indian Mutiny we went to Plymouth and did garrison duty. The late Silas Bailey, of Rushden, was with ushe lost his arm in the Crimea War. At Plymouth I made many friends among the sailors, and obtained numerous curiosities from them. We had a live monkey once, and it used to run about the houseyes, and it used to Steal Mr. Spong’s Apples, too.”