Merchant Navy Day – introduced by the UK government in 2000 – is not listed as a flag flying day by UK Government Guidance.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
Merchant Navy Day is listed as a flag flying day by Scottish government guidance.
The Red Ensign is specified.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
Merchant Navy Day is also celebrated by the Senedd Cymru.
The Red Ensign is specified.
https://senedd.wales/media/hl5dtuct/foi-574-final-redacted-response-saes.pdf
The Accession Day 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 Accession Day of HM The King is also 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/
Gibraltar celebrates its National Day – first held in 1992 – annually on 10 September.
The date marks Gibraltar’s first sovereignty referendum (1967), when voters chose to stay under UK sovereignty rather than transfer to Spanish sovereignty.
The Virgin Islands celebrate the feast of St Ursula annually on 22 October.
Christopher Columbus named the Virgin Islands in honour of the saint in 1493.
United Nations Day takes place annually on 24 October, marking the entry into force of the UN Charter (1945).
The UK Government, Scottish Government and Senedd Cymru do not currently list it as a flag flying day.
UK Government guidelines state that the Union Flag should be flown on Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday in November).
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
Scottish government guidance also lists Remembrance Sunday as a flag flying day.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
The Royal British Legion recommends flying the Union Flag on Remembrance Day (11 November) and Remembrance Sunday.
https://support.britishlegion.org.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/263/~/remembrance-faqs
The flag should not be flown at half mast on either day.
The British Antarctic Territory celebrates the Birthday of HM The King annually on 14 November.
The Falkland Islands celebrate the Birthday of HM The King annually on 14 November.
The 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 Birthday of HM The King is also 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 International Transgender Day of Remembrance honours those murdered as a result of transphobia.
It is an official flag flying day in Scotland but not in the rest of the UK.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
