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→Indian volunteer force
After the [[Indian Mutiny]] local volunteer infantry forces began to be set up. Cavalry corps started in the 1860s and the first volunteer artillery brigade was constituted in 1879. [[Railways|Railway]] companies also formed infantry corps from their staff beginning in 1869, more on which can be found in the [[Railway Regiments]] article.
The volunteer corps were open to Europeans and 'Eurasians' and, with the exception of an adjutant, and others such as sergeant instructors, consisted entirely mainly of volunteers.
However, in railway employment, it was virtually compulsory for all employees, both European and Eurasian, to enlist in the Railway Volunteer Regiments.
For men who were employed by the Army, it may be possible to find them in the Army records. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-07/1059448463 post] advises that an Sergeant Instructor in the GIPR Volunteers was found in the Unattached List at the [[British Library]]
===Indian Defence Force===
