Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland`	Main article name (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
`shortname alias`	`United Kingdom`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`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`		`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`government`		`Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`RFA`		`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`1801`		`Flag of the United Kingdom (WFB 2000).svg`
`naval`		`Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`marines`		`Flag of the Royal Marines.svg`
`navy`		`Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the Royal Flying Corps.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).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
`UKGBI` (view)	UKGBI	United Kingdom

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
{{flag icon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} →
{{flag country|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} → United Kingdom

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}} → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
{{flag icon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|UKGBI}} →
{{flag country|UKGBI}} → United Kingdom
{{flag|UKGBI}} → UKGBI

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} → Royal Navy
{{flag icon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|naval}} →

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

{{air force|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} → Royal Flying Corps
{{flag icon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|air force}} →

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

{{marines|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} → Royal Marines
{{flag icon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|marines}} →

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

{{navy|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} → Royal Navy
{{flag icon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|navy}} →

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

{{army|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} → British Army
{{flag icon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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