The flag of Pembrokeshire ( cy, Baner Sir Benfro) is the flag of the

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county of Pembrokeshire. The flag was designed by Councillors Peter Stock, Dewi Pritchard, Jim Brock and Marjorie Jacobs in the 1970s after the abolition of Pembrokeshire County Council. A statement by Peter Stock, 'The flag was dedicated as the official flag of Pembrokeshire, at Pembroke Castle at a ceremony on 28 July 1988 with a march past by the band of The Queen's Dragoons Guards.' The ceremony was recorded for posterity. Joffre Swales, founder and conductor of the Haverfordwest Town Band wrote a march entitled "The Pembrokeshire Flag" for the band to perform on marches around the county. __TOC__

Flag design

The Pembrokeshire Flag is based on the

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. (The

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's cathedral, the city of

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, is in Pembrokeshire.) The blue is also considered to be reminiscent of the sea, and the yellow of summer sunshine. The central rose represents the red

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, a symbol used by King Henry VII, who founded the Tudor dynasty; a man of both

and

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descent who was born in Pembroke Castle. The green pentagon around the rose symbolises the green fields and cliff-tops of Pembrokeshire. The colours for the flag are:

References

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Flags of places in Wales Flags with crosses Flags introduced in 1988