Great Britain flag, the Union Jack

Great Britain flag, the Union Jack - The flag was originally a union of the Scottish (A white diagonal cross on blue background) and English flags (A red non-diagonal cross on a white background). However the word Union comes from the fact that Britain was (and still is) a union of a number of countries (then 2 (well 3 if you count wales, which apparently, they didn’t now 4 (we’re nicer to the Welsh now)).

The word “Jack” means “A small flag flown at the bow of a ship, usually to indicate nationality.”, though there are some arguments about this with some people saying it actually comes from the name of King James, who was the monarch when the first versions of the flag were created.

In case you wondered, the actual union jack is a combination of 3 flags from the UK countries, the other 1
being the Irish flag (red diagonal cross on a white background). Apparently the poor Welsh got left out because at the time, Wales was considered to be legally part of England due to the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542.

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