Template:Country data United Kingdom

Template documentation

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	United Kingdom	Main article name (United Kingdom)
flag alias	Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg	Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
civil		Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
government		Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
1707		Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg
civil-air		Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
embassy		British Ambassador Flag.svg
consulate		UK-Consular.svg
GS		Government Service Ensign.svg
merchant		Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
RFA		British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg
RFA-1905		Government Service Ensign.svg
RMAS		British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg
RNLI		Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg
naval-1707		Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg
naval-GS		Government Service Ensign.svg
naval-merchant		Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval-RFA		British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg
naval-RFA-1905		Government Service Ensign.svg
naval-RMAS		British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg
naval-RNLI		Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg
MOD		Flag of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).svg
naval		Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
marines		Flag of the Royal Marines.svg
military		Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg
coast guard		Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.svg
navy		Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
air force		Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
army		Flag of the British Army.svg

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flag country|alias}} output
UK (view)	UK	United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (view)	Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
U.K. (view)	Template:Country data U.K.	Template:Country data U.K.

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{flag|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} → United Kingdom
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|civil}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flag icon|UK}} →
• {{flag country|UK}} → United Kingdom
• {{flag|UK}} → UK

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

• {{naval|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|naval}} →
  

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

• {{air force|United Kingdom}} → Royal Air Force
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|air force}} →
  

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

• {{marines|United Kingdom}} → Royal Marines
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|marines}} →
  

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

• {{Armed forces|United Kingdom}} → British Armed Forces
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|military}} →
  

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{navy|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|navy}} →
  

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

• {{coast guard|United Kingdom}} → His Majesty's Coastguard
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|coast guard}} →
  

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

• {{army|United Kingdom}} → British Army
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Great BritainGreat Britain
• Template:Country data LondonTemplate:Country data London
• Template:Country data Kingdom of Great BritainKingdom of Great Britain
• Template:Country data British EmpireTemplate:Country data British Empire
• Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• Template:Country data Kingdom of EnglandTemplate:Country data Kingdom of England
• Template:Country data Kingdom of ScotlandTemplate:Country data Kingdom of Scotland

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data United Kingdom

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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