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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.
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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:Sidney Owen Hannaford
SIDNEY OWEN HANNAFORD
1895 – 1976
Born in March 1895 to John Henry Hannaford and Susan Nosworthy. Sidney had two elder brothers Lewis John and William Herbert, and a younger sister Mabel together with a younger brother, Ernest.
Sidney attended Widecombe School between 1900 and 1909.
In 1915 Sidney enlisted in the Somerset Light Infantry and records indicate he served with both the 6th and 7th Battalions.
Medal records show Sidney served on the Western Front during his service but we have been unable to identify in which specific battles he fought. He was demobilised in 1919.
Sidney returned to his life and work at Blackslade Farm in Widecombe.
In 1935, aged 40 he married Louisa Evelyn Caunter, daughter of Samuel Caunter who also appears on the Widecombe Roll of Honour.
Sidney died in 1976, aged 81 years.
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