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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.
It was possible to join the India Unattached List on a permanent basis, although this may have occurred after many years. For example, one British Army sergeant was '''attached''' to the India Unattached List for approximately 10 years, performing duties connected to military prisons. He left his Regiment after 20 years of service with the Regiment (including the attached period) and then '''permanently joined''' the India Unattached List, for a further 14 years of service, including promotion as a sub-conductor and conductor (warrant officer rank) until retirement. <ref name=MilPris> Wilde, Liz. [https://groups.io/g/india-british-raj/message/519 re. recent posts on military employment after army service] ''<nowiki>india-british-raj@groups.io</nowiki>'' 27 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021. The soldier was George Bagg, originally 7th Dragoon Guards.</ref>
==Sergeants’ Occupations==
*Store Sergeant
Other duties*Duties of one soldier while on the Unattached List included the training in weaponry of the builders of one of the Indian railways in the hills (probably the Kalka-Simla), in order to defend themselves from attacks which were an ever present threat.<ref>Benham, Patrick. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210115212757/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=1662871 "Unattached List"], ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 12 May 2010, archived.</ref>*Duties connected with Military Prisons**As a Sergeant: Permanent Warder Military Prison, Garrison Provost Sergeant, Asst. Chief Warder Military Prison, Chief Warder Military Prison.**As a Sub Conductor: Chief Warder, Military Prison and Superintendent, Detention Barracks.<ref name=MilPris/>
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