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A red flag with a shield in the centre containing seven horizontal stripes of white and red (four white and three red). Flag of Saint Mary: A silver fleur-de-lis on a blue field. Flag of Saint Ouen: A gold Latin cross on a blue field. Flag of Saint Peter: Two crossed silver keys (the Keys of Heaven) on a red field. Flag of Saint Saviour
Indian Red Ensign with the Star of India Ensign of Commissioners of the Port of Calcutta 1896–1947. The flag representing British India was usually the Union Flag with the Star of India. In many international events and international associations the Red Ensign with the Star of India was used to represent India. [14]
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.
and in King George III's proclamation of 1 January 1801 concerning the arms and flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: . And that the Union Flag shall be Azure, the Crosses Saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick Quarterly per Saltire, counterchanged Argent and Gules; the latter fimbriated of the Second, surmounted by the Cross of St. George of the Third, fimbriated as the ...
Local authority flag. A red dragon on a yellow field, bearing a blue mace – a banner of the county arms. [51] Former South Yorkshire Council: Flag based on the council's arms. Flag of Staffordshire Council: Local authority flag. All the devices on the flag come from arms of various Earls of Stafford. The red chevron on gold was the arms of ...
In British maritime law and custom, an ensign is the identifying flag flown to designate a British ship, either military or civilian. Such flags display the United Kingdom Union Flag in the canton (the upper corner next to the staff), with either a red, white or blue field, dependent on whether the vessel is civilian, naval, or in a special category.
That flag, a symbol of American resistance during the Revolutionary War, has been adopted by the far-right and Christian nationalist movements. It has been flown at Trump rallies and was seen ...
The Monarch is the living embodiment of the United Kingdom.. Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the Crown Dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man).