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The '''Unattached List''' recorded Non-Commissioned Officers not attached to a regiment.  This mainly covered soldiers working for the [[Ordnance]], [[Commissariat]] and [[Public Works Department]]s.  Before 1859 this list was known as the '''Town Major's List''' in Bengal/Bombay and '''Effective Supernumeraries''' in Madras.
The '''Unattached List''' recorded Warrant Officers ([[Conductors]] and Sub- Conductors) and Non-Commissioned Officers (mainly Sergeants) who were not attached to a regiment.  This mainly covered soldiers working for the [[Ordnance]], [[Commissariat]] and [[Public Works Department]]s.  Before 1859 this list was known as the '''Town Major's List''' in Bengal/Bombay and '''Effective Supernumeraries''' in Madras.
 
==Sergeants’ Occupations==
The following list provides examples of the variety of occupations which a sergeant could be employed in Many of these positions were of significant importance and standing and the chance to attain them was one of the attractions of joining the Company's army rather than the King's/Queen's army.<ref>Most of the information in this section comes from this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-04/0954667043 April 2000 post] by Peter Bailey </ref>
*Arrack Godown Sergeant (arrack or arak, a coarse spirit distilled from grain, rice, sugar cane etc; godown, a warehouse)
*Barrack Sergeant
*Bazar (or Bazaar) Sergeant
*Bullock Sergeant. An early form of Transport Sergeant responsible for organising the contracting of bullock carts in support of troop movements.<ref>A document forwarded by email dated 1 July 2010 to User:Maureene accessed “a while ago” from the website [http://www.rlc-conductor.info rlc-conductor.info] , but not apparently accessible at 3 July 2010</ref>
*Cantonment Sergeant-Major
*Commissariat Staff Sergeant
*Engineering Sergeant-Major
*Garrison Sergeant
*Hospital Sergeant
*Key Sergeant
*Laboratory Sergeant
*Quarter Master Sergeant
*Road Sergeant
*Saluting Sergeant
*Sergeant Instructor
*Sergeant Overseer
*Signal Sergeant
*Store Sergeant


==FIBIS resources==
==FIBIS resources==
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:*Bombay Army monthly returns and casualty rolls - unattached list, 1855-1907 L/MIL/12/198-265 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=773965 Film Catalogue]
:*Bombay Army monthly returns and casualty rolls - unattached list, 1855-1907 L/MIL/12/198-265 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=773965 Film Catalogue]


==External links==
== References ==
This India list [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-04/0954667043 post]  lists a number of the various types of Sergeants to be found on the Madras 'Effective Supernumeries'. These were positions of significant importance and standing and the chance to attain them was one of the attractions of joining the Company's army rather than the King's/Queen's army.
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Revision as of 06:51, 3 July 2010

The Unattached List recorded Warrant Officers (Conductors and Sub- Conductors) and Non-Commissioned Officers (mainly Sergeants) who were not attached to a regiment. This mainly covered soldiers working for the Ordnance, Commissariat and Public Works Departments. Before 1859 this list was known as the Town Major's List in Bengal/Bombay and Effective Supernumeraries in Madras.

Sergeants’ Occupations

The following list provides examples of the variety of occupations which a sergeant could be employed in Many of these positions were of significant importance and standing and the chance to attain them was one of the attractions of joining the Company's army rather than the King's/Queen's army.[1]

  • Arrack Godown Sergeant (arrack or arak, a coarse spirit distilled from grain, rice, sugar cane etc; godown, a warehouse)
  • Barrack Sergeant
  • Bazar (or Bazaar) Sergeant
  • Bullock Sergeant. An early form of Transport Sergeant responsible for organising the contracting of bullock carts in support of troop movements.[2]
  • Cantonment Sergeant-Major
  • Commissariat Staff Sergeant
  • Engineering Sergeant-Major
  • Garrison Sergeant
  • Hospital Sergeant
  • Key Sergeant
  • Laboratory Sergeant
  • Quarter Master Sergeant
  • Road Sergeant
  • Saluting Sergeant
  • Sergeant Instructor
  • Sergeant Overseer
  • Signal Sergeant
  • Store Sergeant

FIBIS resources

  • Peter Bailey, "The 'Unattached List'," FIBIS Journal, No 12 (Autumn 2004). For details of how to access this article online, see FIBIS Journals.
  • Annual Unattached List - only 3 names transcribed but provides an example of information included.

Records

India Office Records at the British Library:

  • Bengal Army Muster Rolls and Casualty Returns: IOR/L/MIL/10/181 1859 includes Unattached List
  • Bengal Army Muster Rolls and Casualty Returns : IOR/L/MIL/10/183 1860 includes Unattached List
  • Bengal Army Annual Returns - Unattached List IOR/L/MIL/10/201-252 1859-1907
  • Bengal Army Monthly Casualty Returns - Unattached List IOR/L/MIL/10/253-300 1866-1907
  • Madras Army Annual Returns and Casualty Rolls - Unattached List IOR/L/MIL/11/186-231 1863-1907
  • Madras Army Quarterly and Monthly Returns and Casualty Rolls - Unattached List IOR/L/MIL/11/232-276 1853-1907
  • Bombay Army Monthly Returns and Casualty Rolls - Unattached List IOR/L/MIL/12/198-265 1855-1907
  • Bombay Army Annual Returns - Unattached List IOR/L/MIL/12/266-280 1893-1907
  • Supply & Transport Corps: Register of services of British subordinates of the Supply & Transport Corps, 6th Poona Division, Bombay Army IOR/L/MIL/12/289 1872-1914
  • India Unattached List Annual Returns IOR/L/MIL/14/144-175 1908-1944
  • India Unattached List Annual Returns - Burma Division IOR/L/MIL/14/176-182 1904-1910
  • India Unattached List Monthly Increase and Decrease Statements IOR/L/MIL/14/183-190 1907-1914
  • India Unattached List Monthly Increase and Decrease Statements - Burma Division IOR/L/MIL/14/191-194 1904-1907

Microfilms held elsewhere

  • LDS (Mormon) films:
  • Bombay Army monthly returns and casualty rolls - unattached list, 1855-1907 L/MIL/12/198-265 Film Catalogue

References

  1. ↑ Most of the information in this section comes from this India List April 2000 post by Peter Bailey
  2. ↑ A document forwarded by email dated 1 July 2010 to User:Maureene accessed “a while ago” from the website rlc-conductor.info , but not apparently accessible at 3 July 2010
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