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.svg	Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
civil	File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
government	File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval-RFA	File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg	British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg
naval-RMAS	File:British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg	British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg
naval-RNLI	File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg	Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg
1707		Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg
naval	Error creating thumbnail:	Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
marines	File:Flag of the Royal Marines.svg	Flag of the Royal Marines.svg
military	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg	Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg
coast guard	File:Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.svg	Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.svg
air force	File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
army	File:Flag of the British Army.svg	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)	Template:Country data UK	Template:Flag country
U.K. (view)	Template:Country data U.K.	Template:Flag country
the United Kingdom (view)	Template:Country data the United Kingdom	Template:Flag country

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}} → Template:Country data UK
• {{flag country|UK}} → Template:Flag country
• {{flag|UK}} → Template:Country data UK

Military ensigns

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

• {{naval|United Kingdom}} → Template:Naval
• {{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}} → Corps of 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 a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

• {{coast guard|United Kingdom}} → Her 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 BritainTemplate:Country data Great Britain
• Template:Country data Kingdom of Great BritainTemplate:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain
• Template:Country data British EmpireBritish Empire
• Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemplate:Country data United 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

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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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