Alderney celebrates Homecoming Day annually on 15 December.
The people of Alderney were evacuated in June 1940 before the German occupation.
Homecoming Day marks the day the islanders could first return home in 1945.
The Pitcairn Islands celebrate Bounty Day annually on 23 January.
Bounty Day commemorates the burning of HMS Bounty by the mutineers in 1790.
St David’s Day is Wales’ national day.
The Senedd Cymru flies the Welsh national flag – Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) – all year round.
On St David’s Day it also flies the flag of St David (below).
https://senedd.wales/media/hl5dtuct/foi-574-final-redacted-response-saes.pdf
St David’s Day is also listed as a flag flying day (for Wales only) by UK government guidance.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
St Piran, the patron saint of tin miners, is one of Cornwall’s patron saints.
St Felix (d.647/8), the first bishop of the East Angles, introduced Christianity to the kingdom.
Commonwealth Day is the second Monday in March.
The UK government states that the Union Flag should be flown.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
The Scottish government states that the Commonwealth flag should be flown.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
The Senedd Cymru states that the Commonwealth flag should be flown.
https://senedd.wales/media/hl5dtuct/foi-574-final-redacted-response-saes.pdf
St Patrick’s Day is listed as a flag flying day (for Northern Ireland only) by UK government guidance.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
There is no official, current pan-Ireland or Northern Ireland flag that may be used to mark St Patrick’s Day.
St Patrick’s Saltire is one of several possible alternatives.
St Cuthbert (c.634–87), prior of Lindisfarne, is buried in Durham Cathedral.
West Riding Day marks the anniversary of the battle of Towton (1461), reputedly the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.
The Yorkist forces defeated the Lancastians, leading to a change of royal dynasty.
Edward Duke of York deposed King Henry VI (ruled 1422–61, 1470–1) and took the crown as King Edward IV (ruled 1461–1470, 1471–83).
St Magnus, then Magnus Erlendsson, was Earl of Orkney (1106–c.1117).
He was sanctified in 1136.