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In respect of the later years (1900 onwards) "...the term 'Unattached List' refers to those British Army NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers) who were seconded from their regiments to do duty with the Indian Army mainly in the following administrative departments: Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, Military Engineer Services and Public Works Department, Indian Army Corps of Clerks, Remount Department, Military Farms Department. There were also a number of miscellaneous appointments on the Unattached List comprehended under the term 'India Miscellaneous List'"<ref> Special category of Departmental and Warrant Officers [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_2&cid=1-1-14#1-1-14 IOR/L/AG/21/14] Access to Archives </ref> or the alternative name 'Indian Miscellaneous List',or I.M.L.. There was also an earlier Bengal Miscellaneous List.

Sergeant Instructors with [[Auxiliary Regiments|Volunteer or Auxiliary Regiments]] were also generally on the Unattached List for the period they were with the Volunteer Regiment. They usually returned to their original regiment, particularly if that regiment was leaving India.