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Even in the [[British Army]] in the Field Train Department (1792-1859) the Departmental Ranks were the same. There was nothing 'Honorary' about them!
For history links see [https://web.archive.org/web/20130106183704/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike.comerford/ORDNANCE/05.htm "Significant landmarks in the Corps History"], [https://web.archive.org/web/20151005104924/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike.comerford/ORDNANCE/ ''History and Insignia of the British Army Ordnance Services''], now archived.
*Conductor (acting in the role of Subaltern)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps British Army-Royal Army Service Corps] Wikipedia
===Historical books online===
*This [http://books.google.com/books?id=n1ABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA164 Google Books link] gives details of the Ordnance Department factories etc c 1864. , pages 164-167 from ''Strength, Organisation and Composition of the Army of Great Britain'' by Martin Petrie, 2nd edition 1864. It indicates that in Bengal, the Stud Department was part of the Ordnance Department.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=26sEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA60 "Misconduct of a Conductor and Sub Conductor punished"] ''The Calcutta Annual Register'' 1821(page 60 of Chapter III Public Documents, which are separately numbered) Google Books.
