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:Henry Albert Lamb
HENRY ALBERT LAMB
1889 - 1964
Henry Albert Lamb was born in St Anne’s in the London Borough of Haringey in 1889. He moved to Devon at the age of 11 to live with his uncle, Aaron Warren, at Manor Cottages Widecombe in the Moor.
In August 1916, whilst living at Manor Cottages, Henry enlisted in the Royal Navy. Following basic training at HMS Vivid in Devonport Henry was posted to HMS Devonshire, upon which ship he served as a stoker. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station for the whole of Henry’s service and was deployed on convoy escorts across the Atlantic.
Following his demobilisation in June 1919, Henry returned to Widecombe to continue his work as a stone mason. In 1921 he married Gladys Edna Nosworthy, and in 1927 became the freeholder and licensee of the Rugglestone Inn.
Henry died in 1964 but the Inn continued in the Lamb family through wife Edna and daughter, Audrey, until it was sold in 1992.
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