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The [[Church of St Andrew#War memorial|Stourton War Memorial]] was unveiled in the grounds of the church on the 6th August 1921 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lascelles%2C_6th_Earl_of_Harewood Viscount Lascelles]. There was a large crowd, including ex-Servicemen, the relatives of the fallen men and the 11th S.E. Troop of Boy Scouts. Viscount Lascelles said, before he unveiled the memorial, that Stourton was right to unveil its memorial later than other parishes as it "avoided the risk of the ceremony being in any sense regarded from the point of view of a triumph over a fallen enemy" and said that when "people looked at the memorial they would be inspired by something of the spirit which those men undoubtedly possessed, and which enabled them to make the greatest sacrifice that they could pay." The Vicar of Leeds, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Heywood Rev. Bernard O. F. Heywood], dedicated the memorial, then the band of the 7th Leeds Rifles played Chopin's ''Funeral March'', the buglers played the the ''Last Post'', and finally an ex-serviceman placed a wreath on behalf of the Stourton Branch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Ex-Service_Men National Union of Ex-Service Men].<ref name="WM">(Skyrack Courier, 1921)</ref> |
The [[Church of St Andrew#War memorial|Stourton War Memorial]] was unveiled in the grounds of the church on the 6th August 1921 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lascelles%2C_6th_Earl_of_Harewood Viscount Lascelles]. There was a large crowd, including ex-Servicemen, the relatives of the fallen men and the 11th S.E. Troop of Boy Scouts. Viscount Lascelles said, before he unveiled the memorial, that Stourton was right to unveil its memorial later than other parishes as it "avoided the risk of the ceremony being in any sense regarded from the point of view of a triumph over a fallen enemy" and said that when "people looked at the memorial they would be inspired by something of the spirit which those men undoubtedly possessed, and which enabled them to make the greatest sacrifice that they could pay." The Vicar of Leeds, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Heywood Rev. Bernard O. F. Heywood], dedicated the memorial, then the band of the 7th Leeds Rifles played Chopin's ''Funeral March'', the buglers played the the ''Last Post'', and finally an ex-serviceman placed a wreath on behalf of the Stourton Branch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Ex-Service_Men National Union of Ex-Service Men].<ref name="WM">(Skyrack Courier, 1921)</ref> |
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[[File:Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intel 09 January 1950 0006.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=An image of five children, one girl dressed as an angel and 3 boys and a girl sat on a pew, staring at a lamb in the asile of the Church of St Andrew|A lamb in the St Andrew's nativity]] |
[[File:Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intel 09 January 1950 0006.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=An image of five children, one girl dressed as an angel and 3 boys and a girl sat on a pew, staring at a lamb in the asile of the Church of St Andrew.|A lamb in the 1950 St Andrew's nativity.]]On 8th January 1950, the Church of St Andrew held a nativity service that was packed owing to the use of a live lamb. The lamb was mostly well-behaved. The Vicar, Rev C. O. Kennedy, told a Yorkshire Post reported that it was the idea of Mr. H Quarmby, who played the shepherd in the nativity. The real shepherd, Mr. A Ellison, who worked for G Thompson of Old Hall Farm in Gargrave, watched the service and told the reporter of how he had found the lamb almost dead on Christmas Day.<ref>(The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, 1950)</ref> |
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On 8th January 1950, the Church of St Andrew held a nativity service that was packed owing to the use of a live lamb. The lamb was mostly well-behaved. The Vicar, Rev C. O. Kennedy, told a Yorkshire Post reported that it was the idea of Mr. H Quarmby, who played the shepherd in the nativity. The real shepherd, Mr. A Ellison, who worked for G Thompson of Old Hall Farm in Gargrave, watched the service and told the reporter of how he had found the lamb almost dead on Christmas Day.<ref>(The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, 1950)</ref> |
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[[File:Site of the former St Andrew's war memorial, Stourton - geograph.org.uk - 6221896.jpg|thumb|left|alt=An overgrown patch of land with many fairly young trees growing. A road with a red gate and large concrete blocks is visible in front of the land.|The site of the church in 2019.]] |
[[File:Site of the former St Andrew's war memorial, Stourton - geograph.org.uk - 6221896.jpg|thumb|left|alt=An overgrown patch of land with many fairly young trees growing. A road with a red gate and large concrete blocks is visible in front of the land.|The site of the church in 2019.]] |
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