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#REDIRECT [[Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories]]
During the time of the [[British Empire]] the dominions, of the colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories carried their own flags, mostly under the blue ensign, although some territories and colonies did also use other ensigns for their flags.

==Europe==

===Gibraltar===
<gallery>
File:Government Ensign of Gibraltar 1875-1921.svg|<center>[[Gibraltar]]</center>
File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg|<center>[[Gibraltar]] (1882-Present)</center>
</gallery>

===Ionian Islands===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands.svg|<center>[[United States of the Ionian Islands|Ionian Islands]] (1815-1864)</center>
</gallery>

===Malta===
<gallery>
File:19th Century Flag of Malta.svg|<center>[[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]]</center>
File:Flag of Malta (1898-1923).svg |<center>[[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]] (1898-1923)</center>
File:Flag of Malta (1923-1943).svg |<center>[[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]] (1923-1943)</center>
File:Flag of Malta (1943-1964).svg|<center>[[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]] (1943-1964)</center>
</gallery>

===Cyprus===
<gallery>
File:Flag_of_Cyprus_(1922-1960).svg|<center>[[Cyprus]] (1922-1960)</center>
</gallery>

===Ireland===
<gallery>
File:Green Ensign.svg|<center>[[Ireland]] (1801-1922) (Green Ensign) </center>
</gallery>

==Asia==

===Aden===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Colony of Aden.svg|<center>[[Aden]]</center>
</gallery>

===British Straits Settlements===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1874-1942).svg|<center>[[Straits Settlements]]</center>
</gallery>

===British Burma===
<gallery>
File:British Burma 1937 flag.svg|<center>[[British rule in Burma|British Burma]] (1937-1948)</center>
</gallery>

===Ceylon ===
<gallery>
File:British Ceylon flag.svg|<center>[[Ceylon]]</center>
</gallery>

===Malaya ===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Federated Malay States (1895 - 1946).svg|<center>[[Federated Malay States]] (1895-1946</center>
</gallery>

===Hong Kong ===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Hong Kong 1871.svg|<center>[[Hong Kong]] (1871-1876)</center>
File:Flag of Hong Kong (1910-1955).png|<center>[[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] (1876-1941) (1945-1955)</center>
File:Flag of Hong Kong (1955-1959).png|<center>[[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] (1955-1959)</center>
File:Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg|<center>[[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] (1959-1997)</center>
</gallery>

===British India===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Imperial India.svg|<center>[[British India]]</center>
</gallery>

===Labuan===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the British Colony of Labuan (1912-1946).svg|<center>[[Crown Colony of Labuan|Labuan]] (1912-1946)</center>
</gallery>

===Penang===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Penang (1946-1949).svg|<center>[[Crown Colony of Penang|Penang]] (1946-1949)</center>
</gallery>

===Malacca===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Malacca (1946-1957).svg|<center>[[Crown Colony of Malacca|Malacca]] (1946-1957)</center>
</gallery>

===North Borneo===
<gallery>
File:Flag of North Borneo.svg|<center>[[North Borneo]] (1882-1941)</center>
File:Flag of North Borneo 1948-1963.png|<center>[[Crown Colony of North Borneo|North Borneo]] (1948-1963)</center>
</gallery>

===Sarawak===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946).svg|<center>[[Sarawak]]</center>
</gallery>

===Singapore===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg|<center>[[Singapore]] (1946-1959)<br/></center>
</gallery>

===Weihaiwei===
<gallery>
File:British Weihaiwei flag.svg|<center>[[Weihaiwei under British rule|Weihaiwei]] (1898-1930)</center>
</gallery>

==Africa==

===Anglo-Egyptian Sudan===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.svg|<center>[[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]]<br/>(1899–1956)<center>
</gallery>

===Basutoland===
<gallery>
File:Unofficial Basutoland Ensign.svg|<center>[[Basutoland]]<br/>(1951–1966)</center>
</gallery>

===British Cameroons===
<gallery>
File:British_Cameroons_Flag.svg|<center>[[British Cameroons]]<br/>(1922–1961)</center>
</gallery>

===British East Africa===
<gallery>
File:Flag of British East Africa.svg|<center>[[British East Africa]]<br/>(1921–1963)</center>
</gallery>

===Cape Colony===
<gallery>
File:Cape Colony flag.png|<center>[[Cape Colony]]<br/>(1875–1910)</center>
</gallery>

===The Gambia===
<gallery>
File:Flag of The Gambia (1889-1965).svg|<center>[[Gambia Colony and Protectorate|British Gambia]]<br/>(1889-1965)</center>
</gallery>

===Gold Coast===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Gold Coast.svg|<center>British [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]<br/>(1821–1957)</center>
</gallery>

===Nigeria===
<gallery>
File:Flag of British Colonial Nigeria.svg|<center>British Colonial [[Nigeria]]<br/>(1800–1960)</center>
</gallery>

===Lagos Colony===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Lagos Colony (1886-1906).svg|<center>[[Lagos colony]]<br/>(1886-1906)</center>
</gallery>

===Northern Rhodesia===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Northern Rhodesia (1939-1953).svg|<center>[[Northern Rhodesia]]<br/>(1939–1953;&nbsp;1963–1964)</center>
</gallery>

===Southern Rhodesia===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg|<center>[[Southern Rhodesia]]<br/>(1923–1953)</center>
</gallery>


===Nyasaland===
<gallery>
File:Flag_of_Nyasaland_(1919-1964).svg.svg|<center>[[Nyasaland]]<br/>(1907–1953;&nbsp;1963–1964)</center>
</gallery>

===Natal===
<gallery>
File:BlueEnsignNatal.png|<center>[[Colony of Natal|Natal]]<br/>(1843–1910)</center>
</gallery>

===Orange River Colony===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Orange River Colony.svg|<center>[[Orange River Colony]]<br/>(1902-1910)</center>
</gallery>

===Sierra Leone===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Sierra Leone (1889-1914).svg|<center>[[Sierra Leone]]<br/>(1889–1914)</center>
</gallery>

===South Africa===
<gallery>
File:South Africa Flag 1912-1928.svg|<center>[[South Africa]]<br/>(1912–1928)</center>
</gallery>

===Tanganyika===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Tanganyika (1919-1961).svg|<center>[[Tanganyika Territory]]<br/>(1919–1961)</center>
</gallery>

===Uganda===
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg|<center>[[Uganda]]<br/>(1914–1962)</center>
</gallery>

===Mauritius===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Mauritius 1906.svg|<center>[[British Mauritius]]<br/>(1906–1923)</center>
File:Flag of Mauritius 1923.svg|<center>[[British Mauritius]]<br/>(1923-1968)</center>
</gallery>

==Americas==
<gallery>
File:Flag of the Bahamas (1869-1904).svg|<center>[[Bahamas]]<br/>(1869–1904)</center>
File:Flag of the Bahamas (1904-1923).svg|<center>[[Bahamas]]<br/>(1904–1923)</center>
File:Flag of the Bahamas (1923-1953).svg|<center>[[Bahamas]]<br/>(1923–1953)</center>
File:Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg|<center>[[Bahamas]]<br/>(1953–1964)</center>
File:Flag_of_Barbados_(1870–1966).png|<center>[[Barbados]]<br/>(1955–1966)</center>
File:Flag of the Colony of British Columbia.jpg|<center>[[British Columbia]]<br/>(1870-1896))</center>
File:Flag of British Guiana 1875-1906.png|<center>[[British Guiana]]<br/>(1875–1906)</center>
File:Flag of British Guiana 1954-1966.png|<center>[[British Guiana]]<br/>(1954–1966)</center>
File:Flag of Dominica (1961-1978).svg|<center>[[Dominica]]<br/>(1961-1978)</center>
File:Flag of Grenada (1903-1967).svg|<center>[[Grenada]]<br/>(1903-1967)</center>
File:Flag of British Honduras (1919-1981).svg|<center>[[British Honduras]]<br/>(1954–1966)</center>
File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg|<center>[[Canada]]<br/>(1868-1921)</center>
File:Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg|<center>[[Canada]]<br/>(1922–1957)</center>
File:Canadian Red Ensign 1957-1965.svg|<center>Canada<br/>(1957–1965)</center>
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg|<center>[[Cayman Islands]]<br/>(1958–1999)</center>
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg|<center>Cayman Islands</center>
File:Flag_of_Barbados_(1870–1966).png|<center>[[Barbados]]<br/>(1885–1958)</center>
File:Flag_of_Barbados_(1870–1966).png|<center>[[Barbados]]<br/>(1958–1966)</center>
File:Flag of Bermuda 1910-1999.svg|<center>[[Bermuda]]<br/>(1910–1999)</center>
File:Flag of Bermuda.svg|<center>Bermuda</center>
File:Flag of British guiana 1919-1954.gif|<center>[[British Guiana]]<br/>(1919–1954)</center>
File:Flag_of_British_Honduras_(1919-1981).svg|<center>[[British Honduras]]<br/>(1919–1981)</center>
File:Flag of Jamaica (1875-1906).svg|<center>[[Jamaica]]<br/>(1875–1906)</center>
File:Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg|<center>Jamaica<br/>(1906–1957)</center>
File:Flag of Jamaica (1957-1962).svg|<center>Jamaica<br/>(1957–1962)</center>
File:Flag of Jamaica (1962).svg|<center>Jamaica<br/>(1962)</center>
File:Flag of Leeward Islands 1871-1956.gif|<center>[[British Leeward Islands]]<br/>(1871–1956)</center>
File:Flag of Montserrat.svg|<center>[[Montserrat]]</center>
File:Flag of the Mosquito Coast 1834-1860.svg|<center>[[Mosquito Coast]]<br/>(1834–1894)</center>
File:Flag of Saint Lucia (1939-1967).svg|<center>[[Saint Lucia]]<br/>(1939-1967)</center>
File:Dominion of Newfoundland Blue Ensign, 1870–1904.svg|<center>[[Colony of Newfoundland]]<br/>(1870–1904)
File:Dominion of Newfoundland Red Ensign.svg|<center>[[Dominion of Newfoundland]]<br/>(1904–1949)</center>
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Saint Lucia 1875-1937.gif||left|thumb||alt= Red Ensign||Saint Lucia (1875-1939)]] -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Saint Lucia 1939-1967.gif||left|thumb||alt= Red Ensign||Saint Lucia (1939-1967)]] -->
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1907-1979).svg|<center>[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]<br/>(pre-1979)</center>
File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg|<center>[[Turks and Caicos Islands]]</center>
File:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg|<center>[[British Virgin Islands]]</center>
File:Flag of Vancouver Island.svg|<center>[[Vancouver Island]] <br />(1849-1866)</center>
File:Flag of the British Windward Islands (1903-1958).png|<center>[[British Windward Islands]]<br/>(1903–1958)</center>
</gallery>

==Oceania==
<gallery>
File:Flag_of_Australia_(1901-1903).svg|<center>[[Australia]]<br/>(1901–1903)</center>
File:Flag_of_Australia_(1903-1909).svg|<center>[[Australia]]<br/>(1903–1909)</center>
File:Flag of Australia.svg|<center>[[Australia]]<br/>(1909–Present)</center>
File:Flag of the Cook Islands Federation.svg|<center>[[Cook Islands Federation]]<br/>(1893–1901)</center>
File:Flag of Fiji 1924-1970.svg|<center>[[Fiji]]<br/>(1924–1970)</center>
File:Flag of Gilbert and Ellice Islands.svg|<center>[[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]]<br/>(1932–1976)</center>
File:Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg|<center>[[United Tribes of New Zealand]]<br/>(1834–1840)</center>
File:Flag of New Zealand Government Ships 1867.svg|<center>[[New Zealand]]<br/>(1867–1869)</center>
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|<center>[[New Zealand]]<br/>(1840–1902)</center>
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|<center>[[New Zealand]]<br/>(1902–Present)</center>
File:Flag of the Territory of Papua.svg|<center>[[Territory of Papua]]<br/>(1906–1949)</center>
File:Flag of Rarotonga 1888-1893.svg|<center>[[Kingdom of Rarotonga]]<br/>(1888–1893)</center>
File:Flag of Tuvalu (1976-1978).svg|<center>[[Tuvalu]]<br/>(1976–1978)</center>
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands (1906-1947).svg|<center>[[British Solomon Islands]]<br/>(1906-1947)</center>
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands (1947-1956).svg|<center>[[British Solomon Islands]]<br/>(1947-1956)</center>
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of British Empire-related topics]]

[[Category:Flags|British Empire]]
[[Category:British Empire]]

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