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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Z Special Unit (section Operation Jaywick)
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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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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Clacton-on-Sea (section Jaywick Sands)
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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Double Tenth incident (section Operation Jaywick)
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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Ivan Lyon (section Operation Jaywick)
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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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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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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