Historical flags of the British Empire

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

• 
  Gibraltar
• 
  Gibraltar (1882-Present)

Ionian Islands

• 
  Ionian Islands (1815-1864)

Malta

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  Malta
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  Malta (1898-1923)
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  Malta (1923-1943)
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  Malta (1943-1964)

Cyprus

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  Cyprus

Ireland

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  Ireland (1801-1922) (Green Ensign)

Asia

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  British Burma
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  Ceylon
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  Federated Malay States
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  Hong Kong (1871-1876)
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  British Hong Kong (1876-1941) (1945-1955)
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  British Hong Kong (1955-1959)
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  British Hong Kong (1959-1997)
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  British India
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  Labuan (1912-1946)
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  Penang (1946-1949)
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  Malacca (1946-1957)
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  North Borneo (1882-1941)
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  North Borneo (1948-1963)
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  Sarawak
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  Singapore
  
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  Straits Settlements
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  Weihaiwei (1898-1930)
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  Aden

Africa

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  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
  (1899–1956)
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  Basutoland
  (1951–1966)
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  British Cameroons
  (1922–1961)
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  British East Africa
  (1921–1963)
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  Cape Colony
  (1875–1910)
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  British Gambia
  (1889-1965)
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  British Gold Coast
  (1821–1957)
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  Lagos colony
  (1886-1906)
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  British Colonial Nigeria
  (1800–1960)
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  British Cameroons
  (1922-1961)
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  Northern Rhodesia
  (1939–1953; 1963–1964)
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  Nyasaland
  (1907–1953; 1963–1964)
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  Natal
  (1843–1910)
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  Orange River Colony
  (1900–1910)
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  Seychelles
  (1903–1961)
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  Sierra Leone
  (1889–1914)
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  British Somaliland
  (1950–1960)
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  South Africa
  (1912–1928)
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  Southern Rhodesia
  (1923–1953)
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  Tanganyika Territory
  (1919–1961)
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  Uganda
  (1914–1962)
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  British Mauritius
  (1906–1923)
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  British Mauritius
  (1923-1968)

Americas

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  Bahamas
  (1869–1904)
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  Bahamas
  (1904–1923)
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  Bahamas
  (1923–1953)
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  Bahamas
  (1953–1964)
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  Barbados
  (1955–1966)
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  British Columbia
  (1870-1896))
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  British Guiana
  (1875–1906)
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  British Guiana
  (1954–1966)
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  Dominica
  (1961-1978)
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  Grenada
  (1903-1967)
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  British Honduras
  (1954–1966)
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  Canada
  (1868-1921)
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  Canada
  (1922–1957)
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  Canada
  (1957–1965)
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  Cayman Islands
  (1958–1999)
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  Cayman Islands
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  Barbados
  (1885–1958)
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  Barbados
  (1958–1966)
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  Bermuda
  (1910–1999)
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  Bermuda
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  British Guiana
  (1919–1954)
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  British Honduras
  (1919–1981)
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  Jamaica
  (1875–1906)
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  Jamaica
  (1906–1957)
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  Jamaica
  (1957–1962)
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  Jamaica
  (1962)
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  British Leeward Islands
  (1871–1956)
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  Montserrat
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  Mosquito Coast
  (1834–1894)
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  Saint Lucia
  (1939-1967)
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  Colony of Newfoundland
  (1870–1904)
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  Dominion of Newfoundland
  (1904–1949)
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  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  (pre-1979)
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  Turks and Caicos Islands
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  British Virgin Islands
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  Vancouver Island
  (1849-1866)
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  British Windward Islands
  (1903–1958)

Oceania

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  Australia
  (1901–1903)
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  Australia
  (1903–1909)
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  Australia
  (1909–Present)
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  Cook Islands Federation
  (1893–1901)
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  Fiji
  (1924–1970)
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  Gilbert and Ellice Islands
  (1932–1976)
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  United Tribes of New Zealand
  (1834–1840)
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  New Zealand
  (1867–1869)
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  New Zealand
  (1840–1902)
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  New Zealand
  (1902–Present)
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  Territory of Papua
  (1906–1949)
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  Kingdom of Rarotonga
  (1888–1893)
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  Tuvalu
  (1976–1978)
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  British Solomon Islands
  (1906-1947)
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  British Solomon Islands
  (1947-1956)

See also

• List of British Empire-related topics