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I have been researching a member of the United Kingdom's Women's Royal Naval Service - Wren Marie Enright who died in the United States. The only details that I have are 'Road Accident'. She was married to James T. Enright of Sea Girt, New Jersey.
She was attached to H.M.S. Asbury a Royal Navy receiving station for R.N. personnel awaiting ships. The station was accommodated in the Berkley Cateret and Monteray Hotels in Asbury Park, Rhode Island, New Jersey.
Is there the remote possibility that someone may know the details of the accident on 31st May 1943?
Grateful for any information.
Tony
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She was attached to H.M.S. Asbury a Royal Navy receiving station for R.N. personnel awaiting ships. The station was accommodated in the Berkley Cateret and Monteray Hotels in Asbury Park, Rhode Island, New Jersey.
There's an Asbury Park in Monmouth county New Jersey but Rhode Island is a separate state :-\
Added- looks like your topic on another forum?
http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13960
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She was attached to H.M.S. Asbury a Royal Navy receiving station for R.N. personnel awaiting ships. The station was accommodated in the Berkley Cateret and Monteray Hotels in Asbury Park, Rhode Island, New Jersey.
There's an Asbury Park in Monmouth county New Jersey but Rhode Island is a separate state :-\
Added- looks like your topic on another forum?
http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13960
The location details I oobtained from Google =Notes or comments: HMS Asbury was the designation of the accommodation barracks on the US Navy Station on Rhode Island, New Jersey, and appears to have been a satellite of HMS Saker/Saker II, which was the nominal posting for personnel standing by for ships under construction and others who were unattached. So I apologise if I am wrong.
The worldnavalships post was in fact mine.
Tony
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It looks like there is an article about the accident in the New York Times:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0svg/
I might be able to get the full article, but if not, maybe someone else has access.
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There is also a brief article in an Albany, NY newspaper on www.fultonhistory.com. If you search for the exact phrase Marie F. Enright, it should bring it up.
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She appears to have been interred in Greenwood Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=enright&GSfn=marie&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=92153329&df=all&
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And this looks to be James ...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=enright&GSfn=james&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=81&GRid=92153328&df=all&
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photo of gravestone-
http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=2186023
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shelleyesqTried 4 times and no sign of Marie L. Enright. At least I can add her age and the fact that she was American. I imagine from that headline it was a collision with a bus.
aghadoweyThanks for the thought but I did find that.
Tony
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Did you use the exact phrase search as I suggested? Did you use www.fultonhistory.com? I re-tried it, and it was the only article that came up.
The article says Marie F. Enright, not Marie L. Enright.
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I got the one article, shelly, but got error message when I clicked on it (not sure if this is same problem Tony had).
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shellyesq
I clicked on the add in your post and got "The Old Fulton New York Postcards" on the left hand side I entered Marie F Enright (not L mistake in my post) and got a list that I ran down, 200 entries, but I now discover that it continues with 5000 entries but I certainly did not get Marie as the frst entry. In fact I did not get one entry for NY Times dated 1943. So what did I do wrong?
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You need to select "the exact phrase" instead of the default "all of the words"
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OK, thanks, Got it!
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Having translated from the 'computer Gremlin' effort can anybody suggest what the highlighted word might be?
First U. S. Woman
To Join WRENS Killed
Sea Girt, N. J. Funeral
Service being arranged today
for the first American to
join the Women of the Royal
English navy (WRENS)
She was Mrs Marie F. Enright
41, who was killed when knocked
from her bicycle by a bus in the
"<ln-n.it I'H11 area near the ocean,
The wife of a Sea Girt policeman,
Mrs. Enright Joined the
WRENS a year ago and was assigned
to a receiving station for
British seamen in this country.
Thanks all for your assistance
Tony
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The words are: "dimmed-out". This is quite legible in The Knickerbocker News article (1 June 1943) at the fultonhistory.com site.
inor
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Thanks Inor
Most grateful. Found the page and confirmed it.
My regards
Tony
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I have been researching a member of the United Kingdom's Women's Royal Naval Service - Wren Marie Enright who died in the United States. The only details that I have are 'Road Accident'. She was married to James T. Enright of Sea Girt, New Jersey.
She was attached to H.M.S. Asbury a Royal Navy receiving station for R.N. personnel awaiting ships. The station was accommodated in the Berkley Cateret and Monteray Hotels in Asbury Park, Rhode Island, New Jersey.
Is there the remote possibility that someone may know the details of the accident on 31st May 1943?
Grateful for any information.
Tony
Tony - Marie was my great aunt and married to my grandmother's brother, James T Enright. I believe the missing details in the newspaper article you're asking for is that she was hit by a bus while riding her bicycle near Beacon Beach on First Avenue in Sea Girt, NJ.
From what I understand from my father, the man driving the bus was found innocent due to the poor visibility on the road. Technically, Marie was the first British war time casualty of WWII. My father always talked about what a great and pleasant person she was. She had dual US and British citizenship and signed up for the war as soon as it broke out. How are you connected with her? Happy to track down any other information, if can. Geoff