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:John Henry King
JOHN HENRY KING
1888 - 1977
The eldest son of James King and Aida Maria Ireland was born in 1888, lived at Dunstone and attended Widecombe School. John had two younger brothers, Owen and George, although the tallest of the King boys he only measured 5ft 6inches in height.
In September 1915, just before conscription was introduced John followed his younger brother Owen in to the Royal Navy. Like all recruits from the West Country he completed his basic training at HMS Vivid in Devonport.
John was posted to HMS Bellerophon, the ship upon which he spent his whole naval career. In 1916 HMS Bellerophon took part in the largest sea battle of the Great War, the Battle of Jutland. Following this action Bellerophon took part in patrols in the North Sea and Atlantic but was not involved in any other major battles during the War.
John Henry was demobbed in 1919.
He married Mary H Cock in 1921 and they lived in the Newton Abbot area until John died in 1977 aged 88.
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