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The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, [1] [2] Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally from 1707 to 1801. It was the first flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. [3] [4] It is the precursor to the Union Jack of 1801.
The flag proportions on land and the war flag used by the British Army have the proportions 3:5. [1] The flag's height-to-length proportions at sea are 1:2. [2] The Union Flag also features in the canton of the flags of the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, and the British Merchant Navy. These flags are known as ensigns.
British republican flag proposal used within the Chartism movement. A British republican flag, which originated in 1816, in use until at least 1935. [103] British republican flag proposal within the Chartism movement. The Republican tricolour proposed by Hugh Williams in 1838 and described in LJ "Spartacus" Linton's 1851 poem"Our Tricolour". [104]
The terms Union Jack and Union Flag are both used historically for describing the national flag of the United Kingdom.. According to the website of the Parliament of the United Kingdom: [11] [12] "Until the early 17th century England and Scotland were two entirely independent kingdoms (Wales had been annexed into the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542.).
A flag divided from top-left to bottom-right by a white line, with a white cuckoo on black in the hoist, and a white tower (defaced with a green key) on green in the fly. 2011: Flag of Kingswinford reg (Town, West Midlands) 2013: Flag of Newbury reg (Town, Berkshire) 2009: Flag of Newton Abbot (Town and civil parish, Devon)
A 1924 article in Australia declared the idea that there is a British Empire flag was a misconception. The flag was pointed out as being designed for the United Kingdom specifically, and that use of it elsewhere was highly restricted. Even the governor general of a dominion could not fly the flag without defacing it with their emblem.
This article contains a list of flags for which the reverse (back ) is different from the obverse (front ).It includes current as well as historic flags of both nations and national subdivisions such as provinces, states, territories, cities and other administrations (including a few that are not recognized by the United Nations or whose sovereignty is in dispute).
Flags of British Overseas Territories (1 C, 14 P) B. ... Pages in category "Flags of the United Kingdom" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.