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The Red Ensign was officially endorsed by King Charles II in 1674; this authorisation recognised it as the ensign of English merchant shipping. Later, during the Victorian era, the flag—with colonial badge—formed the basis as the Colony of Newfoundland's civil ensign.
The Newfoundland Red Ensign was used as the de facto national flag of the dominion [5] until the legislature adopted the Union Flag on 15 May 1931. The anthem of the dominion was the "Ode to Newfoundland", written by British colonial governor Sir Cavendish Boyle in 1902 during his administration of Newfoundland (1901 to 1904). [6]
The Newfoundland Red Ensign was then used as official commercial shipping identification until the mid-1960s. [13] The badge in the flag consists of Mercury , the god of commerce and merchandise, presenting to Britannia a fisherman who, in a kneeling attitude, is offering the harvest of all the sea.
A red ensign defaced with the Great Seal of Newfoundland and between 1907 and 1931 was the de facto national flag of Newfoundland. Used as a civil ensign until 1965. Used as a civil ensign until 1965.
Australian red ensign; BL 7.2-inch howitzer; Battle of Albert (1916) Battle of Arras (1917) Battle of Cambrai (1917) Battle of Le Transloy; Battle of Monte Cassino; Battle of Passchendaele; Battle of the Lys (1918) Battle of the Somme; Bill Matthews; Birmingham Mint; British Empire Economic Conference; British North America; Canadian Red Ensign ...
The Red and Blue ensigns with the Great Seal of Newfoundland in the fly were used officially from 1904 until 1965, with the Red Ensign being flown as civil ensign by merchant shipping, and the Blue being flown by governmental ships (after the British tradition of having different flags for merchant/naval and government vessel identification).
Informal use of the Canadian Red Ensign as a symbol of Canada began as early as 1868. 1907–1922 1907 informal version of the Canadian Red Ensign commonly used in western Canada. Note the inclusion of all the provincial emblems. 1922–1957 1922 version of the Canadian Red Ensign used from 1922 to 1957, which was also used as a de facto ...
The Newfoundland Red Ensign, Newfoundland's civil flag from 1904 to 1965 Contrary to popular myth, photos from Government House during Murray 's and Boyle 's administrations and during the Prince of Wales visit to Newfoundland in 1860 show the Union Jack, the governmental ensigns, and various other flags being flown on ships in St. John's ...