Always wondered how National ags were folded. The Union Jack is folded into a triangle just like the American flag. When finished the American flag shows only the blue field with stars.
After removal of the flag from the coffin. There is a reference on the following link, scroll down quite a way. www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flags/british-flag-protocol/
@@xenon53827 ok. So it isn't a ceremonial display thing etc. It's specifically to be handed to NOK? Do you know which reference document dictates it? Reason I'm asking is I found one folded today. Not funeral related and it didn't feel kosher (hence googling and finding your video)
www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flags/british-flag-protocol/ Scroll down to where it says "As a Pall for a Coffin If a national flag is to be used on a coffin, it should be placed so that the top-left corner of the flag is over the deceased’s left shoulder. The flag should be removed before interment or cremation and folded. If the flag is to be retained by the next of kin it can be folded using the Royal Navy’s method shown here, based on a 1:2 flag (138cm x 276cm) with no fittings (ie. ropes, toggles or clips), or using the method shown"
@@xenon53827 OK, that's one credible reference. What makes us think that this came from the Royal Navy and wasn't copied from the Americans who have been doing this triangle fold for quite some time now?
Why better? I don't know! Did you mean 'way better'? Anyway, I was watching this at Arlington… ruclips.net/video/qTeDsJrIqok/видео.html They don't seem to do the first straight fold and so ended up with rather more at the end, causing what looked like some difficulty in tucking the last section in. I do not rank the way different countries fold their flag, they are just different methods, that's all.
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Respect for keeping it off the floor.
I was told many years ago that the union flag was called "union jack" when used with the Royal Navy, and "union flag" in other applications.
Yes...I believe it is the Union Jack when flown at sea.
@@gazza2933 it's the Union Jack when flown on a Jack staff. I.e. the forecastle flag staff.
Hi. Thanks for the demo and also the respect shown for our flag.. Stay safe in these uncertain times. Nigel
Will do, and you!
In fact Union Jack flag are all commonly found in the ratio of 1-2
Always wondered how National ags were folded. The Union Jack is folded into a triangle just like the American flag. When finished the American flag shows only the blue field with stars.
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Wow! you're camera moves A LOT!
It's actually the cam on my motorcycle helmet! I really needed someone else to hold the cam, but was on my own that day!
Could you fold a White Ensign for us next, please.
Are there any special techniques for folding the red & the white ensigns?
It is possible, but I have never researched into it.
1:52 I see a flag of the French Republic in Union Jack.
When was this employed? I spent 8 years RN signals and never saw it folded like this. I even attended military funerals.
After removal of the flag from the coffin. There is a reference on the following link, scroll down quite a way.
www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flags/british-flag-protocol/
@@xenon53827 ok. So it isn't a ceremonial display thing etc. It's specifically to be handed to NOK? Do you know which reference document dictates it? Reason I'm asking is I found one folded today. Not funeral related and it didn't feel kosher (hence googling and finding your video)
@@simonrb1942 No idea… The other method was to fold in 4 longways and roll up and stuff in a tube.
@@xenon53827 yea that's how we did it.
This is also an American Military Folð too ;)
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My flag os made out of like a plastic mesh thing and it didnt work and i hate it
Is it supposed to be rolled?
This is just the Royal Navy method. Another recommended method certainly is rolling them up and storing in tubes.
Since when is this the Royal Navy method? What's the provenance on this?
www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flags/british-flag-protocol/
Scroll down to where it says "As a Pall for a Coffin
If a national flag is to be used on a coffin, it should be placed so that the top-left corner of the flag is over the deceased’s left shoulder. The flag should be removed before interment or cremation and folded.
If the flag is to be retained by the next of kin it can be folded using the Royal Navy’s method shown here, based on a 1:2 flag (138cm x 276cm) with no fittings (ie. ropes, toggles or clips), or using the method shown"
@@xenon53827 OK, that's one credible reference. What makes us think that this came from the Royal Navy and wasn't copied from the Americans who have been doing this triangle fold for quite some time now?
@@ginoc44 No Idea, the Royal Navy may have been doing it longer for all I know. I don't think it is a competition.
@@xenon53827 still, it would be good to know the origin.
@@ginoc44 Somebody might know, or it could be lost in the mist of time.
It would seem that the US 🇺🇸 procedure might have been "inherited" from the RN. Thanks. 😃
To be honest, I have no idea where it originated.
I read somewhere that this method of flag folding was developed by sailors because it allowed flags to unfurl themselves without becoming tangled.
What is size ..??
From memory it is a 3 yard flag, 54 X 108 inches, 274cm X 137cm.
What is size. Is that you moose.
Basically the American way
We share a common heritage. 🙂
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USA 🇺🇸 gold is why better
Why better? I don't know! Did you mean 'way better'?
Anyway, I was watching this at Arlington…
ruclips.net/video/qTeDsJrIqok/видео.html
They don't seem to do the first straight fold and so ended up with rather more at the end, causing what looked like some difficulty in tucking the last section in. I do not rank the way different countries fold their flag, they are just different methods, that's all.
@@irishtrapper9149 Facts
@@irishtrapper9149 don’t you disrespects God’s country like that