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[[Conductors]] were eligible for promotion to Departmental Officer, ie Deputy Assistant Commissary, Assistant Commissary etc, and these grades were eventually given complementary honorary officer ranks ranging from Honorary Lieutenant to Honorary Major."
{{Origin|text=This article was contributed to India list by Michael Quin-Conroy, 11 Nov 2003}}
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This is what Ian A Baxter says in his ''A Brief Guide to Biographical Sources'' under the heading "Departmental and Warrant Officers of The East India Company's Armies 1708-1861, and the Indian Army 1861-1947"
"Warrant officers in the Company's armies held the ranks of [[Sub Conductor]] and [[Conductor]], serving mainly in the [[Ordnance]], [[Commissariat]] and [[Public Works Department|Public Works Departments]]. They were recruited from the [[Town Major's List]] (called [[Effective Supernumeraries]] in Madras) which in turn was largely recruited from the NCOs of the Company's European regiments (see p 9) although occasionally NCOs of British regiments stationed in India were appointed to it.
In 1859 the [[Town Major's List]] became the [[Unattached List]], and when the Company's European regiments were amalgamated with the [[British Army]] in 1860 new recruits to the [[Unattached List]] were appointed solely from NCOs of British regiments stationed in India.
{{Origin|text=This article was contributed to India list by Michael Quin-Conroy, 11 Nov 2003}}
== The Honourable and Ancient Appointment of Conductor - Royal Army Ordnance Corps ==
