Reading Out Loud
Focused Elements:
You can have these explanations read out loud by clicking on 'Speak Explanation' (access key 'a')
These controls are to provide alternative means of accessing the information on this page. Two main facilities are provided: adjusting the text size and listening to the text on the page.
1) Adjusting Text Size:
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2) Listening to the Text
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There are normally three sections of text on the page that you can listen to: the headings, the main text and a selection. Click on 'Speak Headings to speak the page headings (access key 'l'). Click on 'Speak Main Text' (access key 'q') to listen to the main text.
You can also select an area of text in the page using standard select methods and click on 'Speak Selection' (access key 'w') to read the selection aloud.
You can enable the reading out loud of the element that currently has focus by clicking on 'Start Focus Speaking' (access key 'f') and you can stop this by clicking on 'Stop Focus Speaking' (access key 'd').
You can pause the audio by clicking on 'Pause' (access key 'r') and resume by clicking on 'Resume' (access key 't').
To cancel or stop the audio click on 'Cancel' (access key 'y'). To restart the current audio from the beginning, click on 'Restart' (access key 'k').
To hide the accessibility controls click on 'Hide Panel' (access key 'h')
To hide this explanation click on 'Hide Explanation' (access key 'x')
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Roll of Honour:John Henry Irish
JOHN HENRY IRISH
1895 - 1917
John was born in March 1895 to Thomas Edmund Irish and Bessie Caunter at Lower Cator, Widecombe in the Moor. John had two elder sisters (Louisa and Ruth) four younger sisters (Bessie, Frances, Thirza and Ethel) and a younger brother Walter. John attended Widecombe school until 1908 when he left to attend Dartmouth Grammar School.
In January 1917, John enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He did his basic training with the Chatham Battalion. In July 1917 he was drafted to the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front joining 1st Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry.
In October 1917, as part of the Battle of Passchendaele, the Royal Marines were tasked with capturing and holding the village of Paddebeek. It was during this offensive, on 26th October 1917 that John Henry Irish was “killed in action”.
John is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial in Flanders, and on the War Memorial Plaque in St Pancras Church in Widecombe.
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