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
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.
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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')
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Roll of Honour:Edmund Reynolds Willoughby Radcliffe
EDMUND REYNOLDS WILLOUGHBY RADCLIFFE
1900 - 1943
Edmund was born in Kensington, London, second son of Alexander Radcliffe and Isobel Grace Henderson. Edmund had an elder brother John Henderson and three elder sisters, Margaret Joan, Maud Elizabeth and Ruth Isobel.
Edmund was educated at a private school in East Grinstead and then Eton College.
Following training in the Eton College Cadet Force Edmund enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment (Guard Depot) just before the Armistice was signed in 1918. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and seconded to the Coldstream Guards.
Details of his service are not available. Edmund returned to civilian life in 1920 and trained and practiced as a solicitor.
In 1924 he married Sybil Enid Elliot.
Edmund and Sybil had three children, twin boys Gilbert Courtney and Edmund Lyons and daughter Georgina Elliot.
Edmund was killed in Tunisia on 8th March 1943 whilst serving with the Parachute Regiment. His son Edmund Lyons Willoughby Radcliffe was "killed in action" in the Korean war in 1953.
Captain Edmund Reynolds Willoughby Radcliffe is commemorated on the War Memorial plaque in Widecombe Church.
Edmund is also Commemorated in Widecombe's World War Two Pages
As mentioned above, Edmund served in the Army and died in World War Two.
You can view Edmund's entry in Widecombe's World War Two commemorative pages here.
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