Indian Ambulance Corps

[1] At the same time Gandhi pressed for his Indian stretcher bearers to be allowed to serve.

At the Battle of Colenso on 15 December, the NVAC removed the wounded from the front line and the Indians then transported them to the railhead.

[citation needed] Following the relief of Ladysmith at the end of February 1900, the war moved away from Natal and both corps were immediately disbanded.

34 of the Indian leaders were awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal: Gandhi's is held by the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library in New Delhi.

Twenty members of the Corps, including Gandhi, later received the Natal Native Rebellion Medal.