Historical flags of the British Empire
During the times 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 edit
Asia edit
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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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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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Weihaiwei (1898-1930)
Africa edit
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Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
(1899–1956) -
Basutoland
(1951–1966) -
British Cameroons
(1922–1961) -
British East Africa
(1921–1963) -
Cape Colony
(1875–1910) -
British Gambia
(1889-1965) -
British Gold Coast
(1821–1957) -
Lagos colony
(1886-1906) -
British Colonial Nigeria
(1800–1960) -
British Cameroons
(1922-1961) -
Northern Rhodesia
(1939–1953; 1963–1964) -
Nyasaland
(1907–1953; 1963–1964) -
Natal
(1843–1910) -
Orange River Colony
(1900–1910) -
Saint Helena
(1874-1984) -
Saint Helena
(1984- ) -
Seychelles
(1903–1961) -
Sierra Leone
(1889–1914) -
British Somaliland
(1950–1960) -
South Africa
(1912–1928) -
Southern Rhodesia
(1923–1953) -
Tanganyika Territory
(1919–1961) -
Uganda
(1914–1962) -
British Mauritius
(1906–1923) -
British Mauritius
(1923-1968)
Americas edit
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Bahamas
(1869–1904) -
Bahamas
(1904–1923) -
Bahamas
(1923–1953) -
Bahamas
(1953–1964) -
Bahamas
(1964-1973) -
Barbados
(1955–1966) -
British Columbia
(1870-1896) -
British Guiana
(1875–1906) -
British Guiana
(1906–1919) -
British Guiana
(1919–1955) -
British Guiana
(1955–1966) -
British Honduras
(1954–1966) -
British Windward Islands
(1903–1958) -
Dominica
(1965-1978) -
Grenada
(1903-1967) -
Canada
(1868-1921) -
Canada
(1922–1957) -
Canada
(1957–1965) -
Cayman Islands
(1958–1999) -
Cayman Islands
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Bermuda
(1910–1999) -
Bermuda
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British Honduras
(1919–1981) -
Falkland Islands
(1876-1925) -
Falkland Islands
(1925-1948) -
Falkland Islands
(1948-1999) -
Falkland Islands
(1999-present) -
Jamaica
(1875–1906) -
Jamaica
(1906–1957) -
Jamaica
(1957–1962) -
Jamaica
(1962) -
British Leeward Islands
(1871–1956) -
Mosquito Coast
(1824–1881) -
Saint Lucia
(1939-1967) -
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
(1992-1999) -
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
(1999-present) -
Colony of Newfoundland
(1870–1904) -
Dominion of Newfoundland
(1904–1949) -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(pre-1979) -
Tobago (1889-1958)
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Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958)
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Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962)
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Vancouver Island
(1849-1866)
Oceania edit
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Australia
(1901–1903) -
Australia
(1903–1908) -
Australia
(1908–present) -
Cook Islands Federation
(1893–1901) -
Fiji
(1908–1924) -
Fiji
(1924–1970) -
Fiji
(1970-Present) -
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
(1932–1976) -
Gilbert Islands (1976–1979)
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United Tribes of New Zealand
(1834–1840) -
New Zealand
(1867–1869) -
New Zealand
(1840–1902) -
New Zealand
(1902–Present) -
Territory of Papua
(1906–1949) -
Kingdom of Rarotonga
(1888–1893) -
Cook Islands
(1901–1902) -
Cook Islands
(1902–1973) -
Cook Islands
(1979–present) -
Ellice Islands
(1892–1932) -
Tuvalu
(1976–1978) -
Tuvalu
(1978–1995) -
Tuvalu
(1997–Present) -
British Solomon Islands
(1906-1947) -
British Solomon Islands
(1947-1956)
Other edit
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British Empire
(1910-1921) -
British Empire
(1921) -
British Empire
(1930-1945)