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Cymraeg: Ffotograff o'r Faner Goch yn hedfan uwchben baner gweriniaethol Cymru yng ngwrthdystiad gweriniaethol ym Merthyr Tydfil English: The red flag, with 1831 written on it, the date of the Merthyr Rising, flown at Merthyr in 2012.
The Merthyr Rising, also referred to as the Merthyr Riots, [1] [2] of 1831 was the violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large working class population of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales and the surrounding area. The Rising marked the first times the red flag was used a symbol of working class rebellion in the United Kingdom. [3] [4]
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The Royal Arms of Scotland [2] is a coat of arms symbolising Scotland and the Scottish monarchs.The blazon, or technical description, is "Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second", meaning a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a yellow field and surrounded by a red double royal tressure flory counter-flory device.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) is a county borough (since 1908) in the south-east of Wales. In 2022, it had an estimated population of 58,883, [ 2 ] making it the smallest local authority in Wales by population.
The red flag is a signal of defiance and battle," according to Chambers Cyclopedia (1727–41). [ 13 ] In 1647, the bloody flag was included in Royal Navy instructions: ”[a]s soon as the Admiral shall hoist a Red Flag on the flagg staff at the fore- top - mast - head, and fire again, every Ship in the fleet is to use their utmost Endeavour to ...
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