The flag of the
British Windward Islands
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was the flag of the
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Colony of the Windward Islands. It was a
Blue Ensign
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with the
badge of the Governor-in-chief in the
fly
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. The separate colonies under the Federal Colony each had their own ensigns. In 1903, the shape of the crown on the badge was changed slightly. The
Governor-in-chief of the Windward Islands used a
Union Flag
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defaced with the badge.
The Federal Colony of the Windward Islands became the Territory of the Windward Islands in June 1956, and was dissolved in 1960.
Gallery
Historical flags
Standard of the Governor-in-chief
See also
*Former parts of Windward Islands
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Flag of Grenada
The flag of Grenada consists of two yellow triangles at the top and bottom and two green triangles at the hoist and fly. These are surrounded by a red border charged with six five-pointed yellow stars – three at the top centre and three at ...
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Flag of Saint Lucia
The flag of Saint Lucia consists of a cerulean blue field charged with a yellow triangle in front of a white-edged black isosceles triangle. Adopted in 1967 to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the arms of the colony, it has been ...
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Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Flag of Dominica
The flag of Dominica was adopted on 3 November 1978, with some small changes having been made in 1981, 1988, and 1990. The original flag was designed by playwright Alwin Bully in early 1978 as the country prepared for independence.
It is one o ...
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Flag of the West Indies Federation
The flag of the West Indies Federation was used between 1958 and 1962. It bore four equally spaced narrow white stripes with a large orange-gold disc over the middle two lines in the center of the flag, undulating horizontally across a blue field ...
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Flag of the British Leeward Islands
The flag of the British Leeward Islands was the flag of the Federation, Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands.
It was a Blue Ensign with a Coat of arms of British Leeward Islands, badge. The colonies under the Federal Colony had their own badges ...
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Blue Ensigns
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