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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.
G.O.G.G. of 24th November 1821, in respect of Bengal, issued the "Rules for the re-establishment of the Town Major’s List".<ref>[http://www.google.com/books?id=26sEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA71 "Rules for the re-establishment of the Town Major’s List"].<ref> ''Calcutta Annual Register 1821''] Retrieved 28 Jul 2014.</ref> The staff it applied to included the Ordnance and Army Commissariats, and all Departments of Army or Garrison Staff, Public Offices, Military Agencies, Charitable Asylums, and the Stud and Ecclesiastical Department.
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 Access 2 Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_2&cid=1-1-14#1-1-14 Special category of Departmental and Warrant Officers IOR/L/AG/21/14] Access to Archives Retrieved 28 July 2014 </ref> or the alternative name 'Indian Miscellaneous List',or I.M.L.. There was also an earlier Bengal Miscellaneous List.
The Supply and Transport Corps (S&T) was retitled in 1923 and became the Indian Army Service Corps (IASC) and in 1935 the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC) <ref>Great War Forum thread Frogsmile. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=211891&p=2095638 "what rank are these uniforms, post 24"] by Frogsmile (retrieved ''Great War Forum'', 26 May 2014. Retrieved on 31 May 2014).</ref>
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.
(nb. For purposes of online searching it is to be noted that the word is more often spelled as "Serjeant")
The following list provides examples of the variety of occupations in which a sergeant could be employed. 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 Bailey, Peter. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-04/0954667043 April "Bazaar Sergeant"] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 2 Apr 2000 post] by Peter Bailey . Retrieved on 20 July 2014</ref>
*Arrack Godown Sergeant (arrack or arak, a coarse spirit distilled from grain, rice, sugar cane etc; godown, a warehouse)
*Barrack Sergeant<ref>A Barrack Serjeant was attached to the Public Works Department [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7iYYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 in 1828 at Cawnpore]; The responsibilities of the Barrack Department in the [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9IADAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA119 UK in 1867] Google Books
