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A white cross on a red field. 2021 on: Flag of Saint Augustine of Canterbury [100] A white cross on a black field with a gold bishop's pallium topped by a small gold cross in the canton. Flag of Saint Edmund the Martyr: A red Saint George's Cross on a white field, defaced in the centre with a blue shield bearing two crossed gold arrows passing ...
Since 1606, the St George's Cross has formed part of the design of the Union Flag, a Pan-British flag designed by King James I. [ 2 ] The Royal Banner of England [ 3 ] (also known as the Banner of the Royal Arms, [ 4 ] the Banner of the King) is the English banner of arms ; it features the Royal Arms of England.
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]
A white cross on a red field. 2021: Flag of Saint Augustine of Canterbury [7] A white cross on a black field with a gold bishop's pallium topped by a small gold cross in the canton. Flag of Saint Edmund the Martyr: A red Saint George's Cross on a white field, defaced in the centre with a blue shield bearing two crossed gold arrows passing ...
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.
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals , coats of arms , and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields.
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 ...
A flag with red and white stripes and the flag of Great Britain in the canton. 1801–1858: East India Company: A flag with red and white stripes and the flag of the United Kingdom in the canton. 1858–1947: British India: Flag of the United Kingdom. 1880–1947: British India (Red Ensign) A Red Ensign defaced with the Order of the Star of ...