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:
You can increase the text size by clicking on 'Larger' (access key '+'), and reduce it by clicking on 'Smaller' (access key '-'). You can reset the size back to its original value by clicking on 'Reset' (access key 'j')
2) Listening to the Text
You can adjust the pitch of the spoken word, the rate or speed of delivery and the volume. You can also choose the voice to use by clicking on the drop-down list. The default voice is whatever is the standard for the computer and browser you are using.
To set your default, please refer to the description in the Accessibility Statement.
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:George Ireland King
GEORGE IRELAND KING
1899 - 1921
The youngest of the three sons of James King and Aida Maria Ireland eligible for service in the Armed forces during the Great War. George was born in 1899 in Widecombe in the Moor. He had two elder brothers John and Owen, an elder sister Annie and two younger brothers Albert and Lewis.
Just a few weeks after his eighteenth birthday in March 1917 George followed the example of his elder brothers and enlisted in the Royal Navy. He commenced his basic training at HMS Vivid in Devonport.
George contracted pneumonia whilst at the training establishment and was invalided out of the Royal Navy in July 1917.
He returned to Widecombe and probably continued (when possible) in his former employment as a farm labourer.
George died in Newton Abbot in 1921 aged 22.
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