Edgar Montague Amphlett (1 September 1867 − 9 January 1931) was an English fencer and journalist.

[5] Amphlett was educated at Hull Grammar School and at 17 he joined the staff of the Echo and later worked for 16 years in the Press Gallery at the Houses of Parliament.

[5] He remained in Boulogne after the British Army abandoned the town during the retreat from Mons and then moved to Arras joining a stream of refugees and produced a diary that was published in The Times.

[5] He wanted to join the Army but he was now in his late forties, eventually in September 1915 he was commissioned as a temporary Staff Captain and he served the next four years in France as a Train Conducting Officer and a Railway Transport Officer.

[5] He later worked in the Paris office of The Times before returning to London in 1925 where he was responsible for special editions of the paper.