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Flag of Alderney: A red cross on a white field (St George's Cross) with an inescutcheon of the island's coat of arms. Alderney is an autonomous Crown Dependency and is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Government Ensign of Alderney: A blue ensign with the arms of Alderney. 1936–1985: Flag of Guernsey: A red cross on a white field (St George ...
(also known as the St George's Cross) A centred red cross on a white background, 3:5. [5] Churches belonging to the Church of England which have a pole may fly St George's Cross. A desirable variant is for the church to fly the flag with the arms of the diocese in the canton (left-hand upper corner). 1954: Flag of the Anglican Communion
Similarly in flag plates from the 17th and 18th centuries there are representations of the Guinea Jack of the Royal Africa Company in various forms; the jack consisted of St George's Cross within a double border of red and white chequers. The flag of Hawaii is a British ensign with a background of white, red and blue stripes.
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.
On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England, a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross, and the flag of Scotland, a white saltire (X-shaped cross, or St Andrew's Cross) on a blue background, would be joined ...
The flag of the City of London is based on the English flag, having a centred St George's Cross on a white background, with a red sword in the upper hoist canton (the top left quarter). The sword is believed to represent the sword that beheaded Saint Paul who is the patron saint of the city. [25]
Civil and state flag: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 1707 (origin 1606) Relinquished: 1801: Design: Four stripes of white, horizontal, diagonal, and vertical on a blue field, with a red cross in the middle. Red Ensign of Great Britain: Use: Civil and naval ensign: Design: A red field with the flag of Great Britain in the canton: Blue Ensign of Great ...
A blue Saint Andrew's Saltire superimposed over a red Saint George's Cross on a white background. 17th-century: Scottish Covenanter flag: 1698-1700: Flag of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Red background with three small stripes at the bottom, from top to bottom, blue, white, and blue, representing a sea.