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    Jaywick is a coastal village in the Tendring district of Essex, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Clacton-on-Sea. It lies on the North Sea coast of England...
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    Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the Allied Z Special Unit raided...
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    special reconnaissance. The best known of these missions were Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau, both of which involved raids on Japanese shipping...
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    Parliament constituency of Clacton. Clacton-on-Sea is located between Jaywick and Holland-on-Sea along the coastline and the original village of Great...
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    the town of Clacton becoming known as "Little Dagenham". The village of Jaywick was, in both the indices of deprivation 2010 and 2015, identified as the...
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  • The Jaywick Miniature Railway was a 18 in (457 mm) narrow gauge railway running along the seafront of the Essex coastline, connecting Clacton on Sea to...
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    Jaywick Martello Tower is a renovated Martello tower at Jaywick, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-west of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. It now functions as an arts,...
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    Z Force, as it was usually known. In September 1943, he led Operation Jaywick, using Kofuku Maru (which had been renamed Krait). Z Force sailed from...
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    that had been carried out by Anglo-Australian commandos from Operation Jaywick. Three Japanese ships were sunk and three were damaged, but none of those...
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    Japanese ships anchored in Singapore Harbour. The raid was known as Operation Jaywick. The MV Krait is on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum...
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    military MKIII folboats. It was a follow-up to the successful Operation Jaywick which had taken place in September 1943, and was again led by Lieutenant...
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  • Jaywick Sands railway station was the lower terminus of the 18-inch gauge Jaywick Miniature Railway in Essex, UK. Jaywick Sands had a single platform...
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  • He has narrated and appeared in the documentary, Benefits By the Sea : Jaywick (2015–2016) and also narrated the documentary series "The Motorway" shown...
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    Heritage Railway Association membership. The Jaywick Miniature Railway was built by FC Stedman, who owned the Jaywick Sands Estate on the Essex coast just south...
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  • Highest Honour is a 1982 Australian/Japanese co-production about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II. The same story...
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  • includes the towns of Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. The village of Jaywick is noted for high levels of deprivation and poverty. 46.8% of over-16s...
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  • 24 June Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 7 July Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick 23 July Supersized 1 August Tut 5 August Undercover Benefits Cheat 8 August...
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  • war. One of the most dramatic examples of their use was during Operation Jaywick, a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14...
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  • film was shot on location around Essex. In particular Southend on Sea, Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea, and the Dartford Crossing, where the gang travels...
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  • The Heroes is a 1989 British/Australian mini-series on Operation Jaywick, a World War II special forces raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour...
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  • Westcliff-on-Sea. These scenes were actually filmed in the small village of Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea. Clacton Pier was used for the scenes set on the pier...
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    money and winning talent contests during the family's annual holiday to Jaywick Holiday camp near Clacton-on-Sea. In 1959 at the age of twelve, Marriott...
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    the Imperial Japanese Army. The Sten Mk II(S) was used by the Operation Jaywick party during their raid into Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour. The Sten...
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    2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016. "England's most deprived areas named as Jaywick and Blackpool". BBC. "Anfield OS sixth-inch map, Anfield 1851". National...
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    is in the seaside town of Clacton. In the Indices of deprivation 2007, Jaywick was identified as the most deprived Lower Super Output Area in Southern...
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  • British Military in Australia and beyond. For the British led Operation Jaywick the British Mark 1 type kayaks were used. Walter Höhn (English; Hoehn)...
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  • of the short-lived Jaywick Miniature Railway in Essex, England. Crossways had a single platform made of concrete (that at Jaywick Sands was of wood) which...
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  • the stories of a handful of residents of the blighted seaside town of Jaywick in Essex, cited in government statistics as Britain's most deprived place...
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    hold the port of Dieppe. Makin Island raid, 17–18 August 1942 Operation Jaywick, September 1943 Operation Jedburgh, 1944 Operation Roast, April 1945 Axis...
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    is to the west of the hamlet on the site of a World War I gravel works. Jaywick Martello Tower is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Lee-over-Sands. The area is...
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