234221 Cpl. Henry George Amblin MM.British Army 18th Briade Royal Field Artillery from:Slaughterford, Wiltshire Henry Amblin enlisted in the the Wiltshire Regiment on 1st of Apr 1896 . He was trained at the Regimental Depot at Devizes and then posted to the 2nd Battalion on 8 Jul 1896 who were serving in Guernsey before transferring to 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on 22nd of Feb 98 with whom he was posted to India after serving 1 yr 327 days in Britain. Whilst serving in India with the Wiltshires he transferred to 30th Battery Royal Field Artillery with effect the 30 Nov 1903. Whilst in India he also served with 44th Brigade, 59th Battery RFA, of the 3rd Lahore Division. He served in India for 16 yrs and 185 days and remained in India until being sent to France at the start of the Great War He arrived in France on 26th of Aug 1914 and remained there until 25 Jan 1919 serving in France for 4 yrs and 123 days when he returned to the UK and was discharged on the 23rd of Feb 1919 with 22 yrs 329 days service. During his time in France he was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field on 27th of September 1918 for an action in or near the village of Moislains on the first day of the Battle of Canal Du Nord, this was published in the London Gazzette on 11th of Feb 1919.
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