Union Flag

[information]

why is th the Union (Jack) Flag flown a certain way up - wider left hand stripe upermost?

[nickmo]

http://www.hampshireflag.co.uk/world-flags/all flags/gb-hist.html has pages of info on the Union Flag / Jack design and history plus go to the search pages and there are literally thousands of pages on flags inc. heraldic, historic, country, dependencies, etc etc from all round the world.

[Littlejohn]

There is, of course a valid reason for fying it upside down: This is to indicate that you (or your ship) are in distress.