Flag Type: | Provincial Flag |
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Flag Date: | 1974 |
Flag Designer: | William Crampton |
Adoption Route: | Regional Organisation |
UK Design Code: | UNKG7421 |
Aspect Ratio: | 3:5 |
Pantone® Colours: | Red 186, Yellow 109 |
Certification: | Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram |
Notes: | The Wessex Flag is a community flag proclaiming the unique identity of this historic region. The flag consists of a gold wyvern (dragon) on a red field. Historians writing in the 10th and 12th centuries describe this pattern as the ancient standard of the West Saxons. It also appears in the Bayeux Tapestry (c. 1077 CE), close to the dying King Harold. Later English kings continued to carry the dragon into battle until the 15th century.
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Sussex Day: Feast of St Richard
Sussex Day: Feast of St Richard
Jun 16 all-day
Sussex Day takes place annually on 16 June, the feast of St Richard of Chichester (1197–1253), the patron saint of Sussex. Also known as Richard de Wych, the saint was bishop of Chichester.
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UK: Official Birthday of HM The ...
UK: Official Birthday of HM The ...
Jun 17 all-day
The official birthday of HM The King is listed as a flag flying day by UK government guidance. The Union Flag is specified. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying The official birthday of HM The King is also listed as[...]
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Autistic Pride Day
Autistic Pride Day
Jun 18 all-day
Autistic Pride Day is an official flag flying day only in Scotland, not in the rest of the UK. https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
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21
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Scotland: Birthday of the Duke o...
Scotland: Birthday of the Duke o...
Jun 21 all-day
The birthday of the Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales) is listed as a flag flying day by Scottish government guidance. The Scottish Saltire is specified. https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/ The Birthday of the Prince of Wales is[...]
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Shetland Day: Midsummer Day
Shetland Day: Midsummer Day
Jun 21 all-day
Shetland Day takes place annually on 21 June. Shetland Islands Council chose this date simply because it it the longest day of the year.
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Suffolk Day: Midsummer Day
Suffolk Day: Midsummer Day
Jun 21 all-day
Suffolk Day takes place annually on 21 June. Former BBC radio presenter Mark Murphy created the event in 2016. It has since become a staple in the Suffolk calendar, hosted by towns across the county.[...]
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UK: Birthday of the Prince of Wales
UK: Birthday of the Prince of Wales
Jun 21 all-day
The Birthday of the Prince of Wales is listed as a flag flying day by UK government guidance. The Union Flag is specified. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying Under his Scottish title (Duke of Rothesay), the Birthday is also[...]
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Mercia Day: Feast of St Alban
Mercia Day: Feast of St Alban
Jun 22 all-day
Mercia Day takes place annually on 22 June, the feast of St Alban. St Alban is the first recorded British Christian martyr, by tradition beheaded in Verulamium (modern St Albans) during the third or fourth[...]