What's this flag - defaced ensign on green?

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Defaced ensign on a green field.

White cross (horizontal/vertical), bordered with black on both sides.

The 'union flag' as usual in the upper quarter by the staff.

I've never seen it before and it's not in my Reed's. Spotted in Grenada, WI.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks
 
jeremyshaw said:
Defaced ensign on a green field.

White cross (horizontal/vertical), bordered with black on both sides.

The 'union flag' as usual in the upper quarter by the staff.

I've never seen it before and it's not in my Reed's. Spotted in Grenada, WI.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks
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The closest is the civil air ensign.
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But, not right.
 
Yes, that's the one, the Devon ensign. I had no idea it was internationally recognised! ;)
Many thanks all, had me puzzled for days. I had thought it must be the flag of an exotic former colony...but then maybe, it is!
 
Great to hear its got to Grenada, but I don't think it is actually officially recognised as an ensign, though Devon County Council is backing it strongly. Only the old red, white and blue ensigns and variants are recognised.

"Mr Flag" call it a Devon Regatta Ensign.

Oh My god. This is another Ensign thread..... AAAAAAAARRRGH!!
 
Major Catastrophe said:
I am pushing for a Cheshire ensign and probably a Surrey one too, where I grew up. I was schooled in Norfolk, but it doesn't really deserve one.

Can someone explain to me why Devon thinks it needs its own ensign?
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Well the Cornish fly one, a really useful warning system for the rest of us!
 
Why do people see the need to deface the perfectly legal regional etc. flags with a Union Flag thereby making them illegal. If in foreign waters the red ensign should be flown and any other oddities (which don't include the union flag) from the port shrouds or somewhere, in home waters on vessels where a national ensign isn't obligatory then they can go anywhere, including the ensign staff.
 
Why do we stop at counties anyway. Why can't we have, for example, an ensign for Bradford?

You could have a white rose in one corner because it is in Yorkshire and to make Lancastrians envious, then a woollen mill in another to recognise history, then a chappatti in the third to honour a major population, and maybe some tripe in the fourth to please the ethnic locals.

All that on a dirty grey background with a flourescent purple cross .

And under it all a motto reading " If tha ever does owt for nowt, do it for thissen!"
 
TamarMike said:
Why do people see the need to deface the perfectly legal regional etc. flags with a Union Flag thereby making them illegal.
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There is nothing illegal about a Devon Ensign. The only two offences which count for yachts are (a) failure to display a mandatory ensign and (b) displaying national colours or a UK military ensign to which the vessel is not entitled. Since the Devon Ensign is neither national colours nor a military ensign it can be flown when you like, where you like. The worst that could happen would be action for not flying a red (or blue or white, if entitled) UK ensign as well - but how many yachts have ever been prosecuted in the UK for failure to fly a UK ensign?
 
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