Flags of the United Kingdom

The Union Flag of the United Kingdom is one of the most recognizable flags on earth. Styled the Union Jack, since 1801, the flag has flown over the creation and dissolution of one of the greatest empires the world has known. It has spawned numerous ensigns and national fags.

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U.K Jack - HMS Spartiate, Battle of Trafalgar.
U.K. Exceptionally rare Union Jack flown on HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar. A rare and finely preserved Union Jack flag which was flown from the jackstaff of HMS Spartiate at the battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October, 1805. It is the last documented flag to survive from that iconic battle.
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U.K. Red Ensign - RMS Queen Elizabeth
U.K. Red Ensign - RMS Queen Elizabeth, WWII This red ensign was flown on the famous and gigantic passenger liner the Queen Elizabeth, which was requisitioned during WWII for use in the war effort.
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U.K. Blue Ensign.
Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom. After 1864, the blue ensign of the U.K was reserved for vessels operated by government departments such as the Post Office. This example does not seem to be one designed for or used on a ship; Its size is too small and it is printed rather than pieced and sewn throughout.
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U.K. Royal Navy - D-Day White Ensign
The navy ensign leading the famous British D-Day assault on Normandy This battle ensign was on the leading Royal Navy ship of the invasion that assaulted the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944. Commander Anthony Kimmins secured the flag for Calvin Bullock for his return visit to New York.
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UK Royal Air Force Ensign.
U.K. Royal Air Force Ensign From the Jim Mountain grouping related to the RAF Glider Pilot Regiment. An embroidered Glider Pilots Wings and silk Air Force Maps of Belgium, France and Germany.
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United Kingdom 5th Royal Veteran Battalion.
U.K. 5th Royal Veteran's Reserve Regiment circa 1812, deaccessed from the Smithsonian. This post 1801 British Infantry Color can be distinguished from its predecessors by the diagonal, so-called St. Patrick's red counter-changed cross in the canton. Used between 1802 and 1819, carried by the 5th Royal Veteran Battalion.
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United Kingdom // souvenir flag // King George V
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U.K. Square Variant National Flag.
U.K. Square Variant National Flag. This square "Union Jack" is something of a mystery. The Union Flag of the U.K. is generally seen as a rectangle usually in 1:2 for government flags or 3:5 proportions when used as a national flag. The army uses an almost square version as a "Queen's Color" to accompany the regimental color.
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U.K. Fleet Admiral's Flag HMS Iron Duke.
U.K. Fleet Admiral's Flag HMS Iron Duke. This sewn Union Flag was used by British Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Jellicoe. The flag bears the makers mark "Kirk, Hall and Co., Kidacre Street, Leeds, 1918".
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U.K. Royal Army Service Corps Ensign.
U.K. Royal Army Service Corps Ensign. Blue ensign that stood for military service featuring crossed swords in the fly was then authorized and on the 3rd of October 1890, it was finally added to the Admiralty Flag Book.
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U.K. Royal Navy White Ensign, HMS Malaya
U.K. Royal Navy White Ensign of the battleship HMS Malaya. HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship that fought at the battle of Jutland during World War I and went on, after modernization, to play a key role in the British Admiralty's Mediterranean campaigns.
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HMS Penelope - Siege of Malta - WWII
Ensign of HMS Penelope, flown during the Siege of Malta during WWII One of the jewels in the Bullock Collection is this White Ensign battle flag from the Siege of Malta in 1942 against German and Italian air and naval forces.
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U.K. Rear Admiral's Sir Harold Burrough Flag.
The personal flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Harold Burrough. This flag was displayed on the destroyer HMS Ashanti, represented the rank of Sir Harold as a rear admiral. It is based on the ancient flag of England, a red cross on a white field. A full admiral flies that design, while a rear admiral adds two red balls to mark his rank.
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U.K. Airborne Divisional HQ Pennant, WWII
U.K. Airborne Divisional HQ Pennant, WWII This Pennant came directly from the Estate of U.S. Army General Matthew B. Ridgway. The insignia of the British Paratroopers features the winged horse Pegasus beneath Bellerophon, slayer of monsters and, according to Greek myth, the first airborne warrior.
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U.K. Paratroop Camp Flag - Falklands War 1982.
U.K. Paratroop Camp Flag from the Falklands War 1982. This maroon flag bears the cap badge of the United Kingdom's paratroops: a British paratroop camp flag used during the 1982 Falklands Islands War. It is not a regimental flag, but a flag used to indicate a camp or vehicle of that military organization.