Flags of the British Empire

During the time of the British Empire the dominions, many 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

British Cyprus
(1922)
British Heligoland
(1807–1890)
Gibraltar
(1875–1921)
Gibraltar
(1921–1939)
Ionian Islands
(1815–1864)
Malta
(19th century)
Malta
(1875–1898)
Malta
(1898–1923)
Malta
(1923–1943)
Malta
(1943–1964)

Asia

Colony of Aden
(1937–1963)
British Burma
(1937–1948)
Ceylon
(1815–1948)
Federated Malay States
(1895–1948)
Hong Kong
(1870–1873)
Hong Kong
(1876–1910)
Hong Kong
(1910–1941; 1945–1959)
Hong Kong
(1959–1997)
India
(1858–1947)
Labuan
(1912–1946)
British North Borneo
(1882–1948)
British North Borneo
(1948–1963)
Crown Colony of Sarawak
(1946–1963)
Crown Colony of Singapore
(1946–1959)
Straits Settlements
(1874–1942)
Weihaiwei
(1903–1930)

Africa

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)
Northern Rhodesia
(1939–1953; 1963–1964)
Nyasaland
(1907–1953; 1963–1964)
Natal
(1843–1910)
Orange River Colony
(1900–1910)
Rhodesia
(1964–1968; 1979–1980)
Seychelles
(1903–1961)
Seychelles
(1961–1976)
Sierra Leone
(1889–1914)
Sierra Leone
(1916–1961)
British Somaliland
(1950–1960)
South Africa
(1912–1928)
Southern Rhodesia
(1923–1953)
Tanganyika Territory
(1919–1961)
Uganda
(1914–1962)
Dominion of Mauritius
(1906–1923)
Dominion of Mauritius
(1923–1968)

Americas

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

Oceania

Australia
(1901–1903)
Australia
(1903–1909)
Australia
(1909–Present)
Cook Islands Federation
(1893–1901)
Fiji
(1924–1970)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
(1932–1976)
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)
Tuvalu
(1976–1978)

See also

List of British Empire-related topics