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I believe an ancestor of mine died in WW2, between 1941 and 1943, but his death does not appear on the CWGC nor in the B/D/M/.
I believe the CWGC is not comprehensive and some of the fallen have not been entered.
The name is Edgar Roy Wilshere and in his marriage certificate he disclosed himself as a soldier. However no regiment was mentioned. As there were civil engineers in his family, logically he would be Royal Engineers. (Is the Army logical?) I have tried various permutation of the name in the GWGC list, but no show.
Can anyone give me any ideas where I can confirm this matter. The relative is to distant, to go to the Kew records.
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willow154
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Hi,
The Royal Engineers have their own museum:
http://www.remuseum.org.uk/
It might be worth you contacting them to see if they know of your ancestor.
I did the same thing for my father who I thought had connections with the Sherwood Foresters, and contacted their museum. Someone had gone through various articles, etc etc and had complied a list of people they had found connected with the regiment - both living and dead. They did find his name and some information, which included an army service numbe. This has enabled me to send for his army service record, which I now have in my possession.
Worth a try - good luck.
Kind regards,
Paulene 
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I checked the WW2 roll of honour. He is not there, but I believe this is also not comprehensive.
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Hi Paulene,
Thanks for the feed back. I have drawn a very long bow in thinking Edgar was in the R.E as his grandfather was a civil engineer and I believe possibly his father.
I will keep your suggetion up my sleeve for possible later use.
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What about 
Supplement to the London Gazette 15 Jun 1945:
Royal Army Service Corps ...............the undermentioned cadets to be 2nd Lts. (20 Apr 1945) ................. 6461731 Edgar Roy WILSHERE (349413)
http://www.gazettes.co.uk/AdvancedSearch.aspx?geotype=London
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willow154
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Do you by any chance have any photographs of him in uniform - if we can identifying a cap badge, or something similar, that would help in identifying his regiment.
Paulene
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Thanks for the tip on the Gazette. There he is, still alive in 1945 counting paper clips and commissioned to boot
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willow154
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Great news! Should be easy to apply for his army service record from Glasgow now.
Well done , Casalguidi!
Paulene
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