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This is a list of flags used by and in the United Kingdom and related territories.

Contents 1 National Flags 2 Ensigns 3 Royal Standards 3.1 Queen Elizabeth II 3.2 Standards of the Prince of Wales 3.3 Other members of the Royal Family 3.4 Others 4 Military Flags and Ex-services Flags 5 Government 6 Church 7 Diplomatic Flags 8 Channel Islands (Crown Dependencies) 9 Isle of Man (Crown Dependency) 10 Overseas territories 11 Regional 12 Others 13 Historical Flags 13.1 National Flags and Ensigns 13.2 Royal Standards 13.3 Other 14 See Also 15 External links

[edit] National Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	1801 - present	Union Flag, popularly known as the Union Jack, used as the Flag of the United Kingdom	A superposition of the Flags of England, Scotland, and St Patrick's Flag of Ireland
Image:Flag of England.svg	c1300	Flag of England, also known as the St George's Cross	A red cross on a white field
Image:St Patrick's saltire.svg	1783 - 1922	Flag of Ireland, also known as the St Patrick's Cross, or the Saltire	A red saltire on a white field
Image:Flag of Northern Ireland.svg	1924 - 1972	Flag of Northern Ireland, also known as the Ulster Banner	A red cross on a white field defaced with a red hand, crowned on a six pointed white star (representing the six counties in Northern Ireland)
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg	c900	Flag of Scotland, also known as the St Andrew's Cross, or the Saltire	A white saltire on a blue field
Image:Flag of Wales 2.svg	1959	Flag of Wales, also known as the Red Dragon or Y Ddraig Goch	A red dragon, passant, on a green and white field

[edit] Ensigns

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg		Blue Ensign, used by some organisations or territories associated with the UK	A blue field, with a Union Flag in the canton
Image:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg		Red Ensign, used by the Merchant Navy	A red field, with a Union Flag in the canton
Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg		White Ensign, used by ships bearing the prefix, HMS, and the Royal Yacht Squadron	A red cross on a white field with the Union Flag in the canton
Image:Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg		Civil Air Ensign, used by civilian aircraft	A blue and white cross on a light blue field with the Union Flag in the canton
Image:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg		RAF Ensign, used by the Royal Air Force	A RAF light blue field with the Royal Air Force roundel in the fly with a Union Flag in the canton

[edit] Royal Standards

[edit] Queen Elizabeth II

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Royal Standard of England.svg	1837	The Royal Standard, as used in England, Wales and Northern Ireland	A banner of the Queen's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Image:Royal Standard of Scotland.svg	c.1930	The Royal Standard, as used in Scotland	A banner of the Queen's Arms, the Royal Arms in Scotland
Image:Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg	1952	Personal Flag of Queen Elizabeth II, used by the Queen in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth	A crowned letter 'E' in gold, surrounded by a garland of gold roses on a blue background
	1323	Royal Standard of the Kings and Queens of Scots	A lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory on a yellow field.

[edit] Standards of the Prince of Wales

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Standard of the Prince of Wales, used in England and Northern Ireland	A banner of the Coat of Arms of the Prince of Wales, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with an inescutcheon bearing the Royal Arms of Wales.
Image:Flag of the Duke of Cornwall.svg		Standard of the Duke of Cornwall	15 golden circles on a black field
		Standard of the Duke of Rothesay	Banner of the Duke's Arms, 1st and 4th quarters representing the title of Great Steward of Scotland, the 2nd and 3rd quarters representing the title of Lord of the Isles. In the centre is an inescutcheon, of the arms of the heir apparent to the King of Scots
	1962 -	Standard of the Prince of Wales, used in Wales	A banner of the Coat of Arms of the Principality of Wales

[edit] Other members of the Royal Family

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Duke of Edinburgh standard.gif	1948	Standard of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh	A banner of the Coat of Arms of the Duke of Edinburgh, 1st quarter representing Denmark, 2nd quarter Greece, 3rd quarter the Mountbatten family, 4th quarter Edinburgh
Image:Prince William of Wales standard.gif	2000	Standard of HRH Prince William of Wales	Banner of the Prince's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a three point label, the centre label bearing an Escallop in reference to the arms of Diana, Princess of Wales
Image:Prince Henry of Wales Standard.JPG	2002	Standard of HRH Prince Harry of Wales	Banner of the Prince's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a five point label, the first, centre and fifth labels bearing an Escallop in reference to the arms of Diana, Princess of Wales
	1978	Standard of HRH The Duke of York	Banner of the Duke's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a three point label, the centre label bearing a blue anchor
		Standard of HRH The Earl of Wessex (banner as used in Scotland shown)	Banner of the Earl's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a three point label, the centre label bearing a Tudor Rose
		Standard of HRH The Princess Royal	Banner of the Princess's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a three point label, the first and third labels bearing a red cross, the centre label bearing a red heart.
Image:Duke of Gloucester Standard.JPG		Standard of HRH The Duke of Gloucester	Banner of the Duke's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a five point label, the first, third and fifth labels bearing a red cross, the second and fourth labels bearing a red lion.
Image:Duke of Kent Standard.JPG		Standard of HRH The Duke of Kent	Banner of the Duke's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a five point label, the first, third and fifth labels bearing a blue anchor, the second and fourth labels bearing a red cross.
Image:Prince Michael of Kent Standard.JPG		Standard of HRH Prince Michael of Kent	Banner of the Prince's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a five point label, the first, third and fifth labels bearing a red cross, the second and fourth labels bearing a blue anchor.
Image:Princess Alexandra Standard.JPG		Standard of HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy	Banner of the Princess's Coat of Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a five point label, the first, third and fifth labels bearing a red heart, the second and fourth labels bearing a blue anchor.

[edit] Others

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:United-Kingdom-Lord-Lieutenant.svg		Flag used by the Lord-Lieutenants, the sovereign's representative in the counties of the United Kingdom	The Union Flag, defaced with a sword, crowned.
Image:Flag of the Duchy of Lancaster.svg		Standard of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Royal Standard of England, with a three point label, each containing three fleurs-de-lis
		Standard of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports	A banner of the Lord's coat of arms featuring three Lions passant guardant con-joined to these hulls, all in gold

[edit] Military Flags and Ex-services Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg		Ensign of the Royal Navy	The White Ensign
Image:Army flag.svg		Non Ceremonial Flag of the British Army	A red field defaced with the badge of the British Army.
Image:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg	1921	Ensign of the Royal Air Force	A light blue ensign defaced with the Royal Air Force roundel
		Joint Service Flag	A dark blue, red and light blue tricolour defaced with the Joint Service badge.
Image:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg		Ensign of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary	A blue ensign defaced with a yellow anchor
		Flag of the Royal British Legion	A blue ensign with a yellow band across the middle with the words British Legion and the name of the branch
Image:Flag of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.svg		Flag of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom	A fouled anchor on a crimson background

[edit] Government

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Ensign of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise	A Blue Ensign defaced with the badge of HM Customs and Excise
		Ensign of Her Majesty's Coastguard	A blue ensign defaced with the badge of HM Coastguard
Image:Ensign of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency.png		Ensign of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	A blue ensign defaced with the badge of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Image:Ensign of the British Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.svg		Ensign of the Commissioners of the Northern Lights	A blue ensign defaced with a lighthouse
Image:Northern Lighthouse Board Commisioners Flag of the United Kingdom.png		Northern Lighthouse Board Commissioners Flag	A White Ensign with a pre-1801 Union Flag in the canton, defaced with a blue lighthouse in the fly, is the only British flag to still use the pre-1801 Union Flag.<ref>www.fotw.net/flags/gb-lthse.html#cnlc Flags of the World, Northern Lighthouse Commissioner's Flag</ref> This flag is only flown from vessels with the Commisioners aboard.
		Flag of the Metropolitan Police	The Badge of the Metropolitan Police on a blue background, with white squares at the edge

[edit] Church

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Church of Scotland	The flag of Scotland with the burning bush in the centre
		Flag of Westminster Abbey	Tudor arms between Tudor roses, above Edward the Confessor's arms
Image:Church in Wales flag.svg		Flag of the Church in Wales
Image:Standard of the Salvation Army.svg	1878	Standard of the Salvation Army

[edit] Diplomatic Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag used on British Embassies (High Commissions fly the Union Jack)	A Union Flag with an inescutcheon of the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Image:UK-Consular.svg		Flag used on British consulates	A Union Jack with an inescutcheon of a crown
		Flag used onboard British consular vessels	A blue ensign with the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

[edit] Channel Islands (Crown Dependencies)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Flag of Alderney.svg		Flag of Alderney	A red cross on a white field with an inescutcheon of the island's coat of arms
Image:Flag of Guernsey.svg	1985	Flag of Guernsey	A golden cross within a red cross on a white field
Image:Flag of Herm.svg		Flag of Herm	A red cross on a white field with the coat of arms of the island in the canton
Image:Flag of Jersey.svg		Flag of Jersey	A red saltire on a white field defaced with the island's badge
Image:Flag of Sark.svg		Flag of Sark	A red cross on a white field with two lions in the canton. Strictly speaking, this is the personal flag of the Seigneur.

[edit] Isle of Man (Crown Dependency)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg	1226	Flag of the Isle of Man	A triskelion on a red field

[edit] Overseas territories

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg		Flag used in Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Ascension Island	The Union Flag is used as no territory flag exists
Image:Flag of Anguilla.svg		Flag of Anguilla	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Anguilla
Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg		Flag of Bermuda	A red ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Bermuda
Image:Flag of the British Antarctic Territory.png	1963 -	Flag of the British Antarctic Territory	A white ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of British Antarctic Territory
Image:Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory.svg	1990	Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory	A blue ensign with white wavy lines, defaced with the Coat of Arms of British Indian Ocean Territory.
Image:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg		Flag of British Virgin Islands	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of British Virgin Islands
Image:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg		Flag of Cayman Islands	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Cayman Islands
Image:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg		Flag of Falkland Islands	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Falkland Islands
Image:Flag of Gibraltar.svg		Flag of Gibraltar	Two horizontal bands of white (top, double width) and red with a three-towered red castle in the centre of the white band; hanging from the castle gate is a gold key centred in the red band
Image:Flag of Montserrat.svg		Flag of Montserrat	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Montserrat
Image:Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg		Flag of Pitcairn Island	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Pitcairn Island
Image:Flag of Saint Helena.svg		Flag of Saint Helena	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Saint Helena
Image:Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg	1985 -	Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Image:Flag of Tristan da Cunha.svg		Flag of Tristan da Cunha, a dependancy of Saint Helena	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of Tristan da Cunha.
Image:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg		Flag of Turks and Caicos Islands	A blue ensign defaced with the Coat of Arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands

[edit] Regional

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Flag of Bedfordshire.svg		Flag of Bedfordshire
Image:Flag of Cornwall.svg		Saint Piran's Flag, the Flag of Cornwall	A white cross on a black field
Image:Derbyshire flag.svg	2006-	Flag of Derbyshire (unofficial)	A green cross with a white border on a sky blue field, with a gold Tudor rose in the centre.
Image:Flag of Devon.svg		Flag of Devon , St Petrock's flag	A white cross with a black border on a green field.
Image:Flag of Durham.svg		Flag of Durham	A red cross with white trimming on a black field
Image:Flag of Essex.svg		Flag of Essex
Image:Flag of Hampshire.svg		Flag of Hampshire
Image:Flag of Lincolnshire.svg	2005-	Flag of Lincolnshire (unofficial)	A red cross with yellow trimming on a blue and green field, and a yellow fleur de lys in the middle of the cross.
Image:Flag of the City of London.svg		Flag of the City of London	A red cross on a white field, with a red sword in the canton
Image:White Dragon of Mercia.jpg		Flag of Mercia (pagan)	A white dragon was the original pagan banner of Mercia; it remained in use during the Christian period as well.
Image:Saint Alban's cross.svg		Flag of Mercia (Christian)	A gold saltire on a blue field (Cross of St Alban); the Christian flag of the Kingdom of Mercia, still flown on Tamworth Castle.
Image:Flag of Northumberland.svg		Flag of Northumberland	Eight yellow rectangles on a red field, note that the canton (top corner nearest the flagpole) should be gold.
Image:Flag of Orkney.svg		Flag of Orkney	A red Nordic cross on a yellow field
Image:Flag of Shetland.svg		Flag of Shetland	A white Nordic cross on a light blue field
Image:Wyvern.png		Flag of Wessex	A gold wyvern on a red field.
Image:Isle of Wight flag.svg		Flag of the Isle of Wight	detail taken from the shield in island's Arms
Image:Flag of Yorkshire.svg		Flag of Yorkshire	A White Rose on a dark blue field.

[edit] Others

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Cornish Ensign.svg		Unofficial Cornish ensign
		Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution	A red cross with a blue border on a white field, with the letters RNLI in red in each quarter, defaced with a crowned anchor
	2002 -	Flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation
		Flag of the St Johns Ambulance Brigade
Image:Flag of Saint David.svg		Flag of Saint David	A gold cross on a black field
Image:Flag of the Ulster Nation.svg		Unofficial Flag of the Ulster Nation	Proposed by Ulster nationalists.

[edit] Historical Flags

[edit] National Flags and Ensigns

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg	1707 - 1801	Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain	First version of the Union Flag, the Flags of England and Scotland superimposed.
Image:Union Jack 1606 Scotland.svg	1707 - 1801	Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain (Scottish version)	The Union Flag used in Scotland.
Image:British-Blue-Ensign-1620.svg	1620 - 1707	English Blue Ensign	A blue ensign with the Flag of England
Image:Scottish Red Ensign.svg		Scottish Red Ensign, used by the Royal Scottish Navy	A red ensign with the Flag of Scotland in the canton
Image:British-Blue-Ensign-1707.svg	1707 - 1801	Blue Ensign of Great Britain	The Blue Ensign with the first version of the Union Flag
Image:British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg	1707 - 1801	Red Ensign of Great Britain	The Red Ensign with the first version of the Union Flag
Image:Commonwealth-Flag-1649.png	1649 - 1658	Flag of the Commonwealth of England	St. George's Cross and an Irish Harp juxtaposed.
Image:Protectorate-Flag-1658.png	1658 - 1660	Flag of the Commonwealth of England	The 1606 Union Jack defaced with an Irish Harp.

[edit] Royal Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:Tudor arms123.jpg	1406 - 1603	Royal Standard of England, used first by King Henry IV	The Coat of Arms of England quartered with the Royal Standard of France, the Fleur-de-lis representing the English claim to the French throne.
	1814 - 1837	Royal Standard of the House of Hanover from 1814 to 1837	A banner of the Royal Coat of Arms of King George III, first and fourth quarters 3 lions representing England, 2nd quarter representing Scotland, third quarter representing Ireland, with an inescutcheon for Hanover
	1936 - 2002	Standard of Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI	The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the Arms of the Earl of Strathmore
	1911 - 1953	Standard of Queen Mary, consort of King George V	The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the Arms of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck (the Queen's father) and Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (the Queen's maternal grandfather)
	1901 - 1928	Standard of Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII	The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the Arms of the King of Denmark.
		Standard of Princess Alice of Albany	The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a five point label, the first, second, fourth and fifth labels bearing a red heart, the third label bearing a red cross

[edit] Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Image:British East India Company flag.png	1600 - 1858	Flag of the English/British East India Company	4 white and 5 red stripes with the St George's Cross in the canton.
Image:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg	1707 - 1858	Flag of the British East India Company	6 white and 7 red stripes with the Union Flag of Great Britain in the canton. Accepted to be the inspiration for the Grand Union Flag that eventually evolved into the Flag of the United States.
Image:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg	1801 - 1858	Flag of the British East India Company	6 white and 7 red stripes with the Union Flag of the United Kingdom in the canton.
Image:Flag of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.svg		Flag of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Union Flag defaced with the Coat of Arms of Ireland
Image:Green Ensign.svg		Green Ensign

[edit] See Also

• Gallery of flags based on British ensigns
• List of English flags
• List of Scottish flags
• List of Irish flags
• List of Welsh flags

[edit] External links

• The Flag Institute
• World Flag Database
• Royal.gov.uk- The Union Flag
• UK Department of Culture- Ceremonial and Flag Flying

Flags of the United Kingdom		Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
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Ensigns	Image:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Blue Ensign | Image:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Red Ensign | Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg White Ensign | Image:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force Ensign

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