Flag of England

Flag of England 

The flag of England is derived from St George's Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules). The association of the red cross as an emblem of England can be traced back to the Middle Ages, and it was used as a component in the design of the Union Flag in 1606.[2] Since the 1990s it has been in increasingly wide use, particularly at national sporting events. England’s flag is represented by a red cross set on a white background.Red crosses seem to have been used as a distinguishing mark worn by English soldiers from the reign of Edward I (1270s),[9] or perhaps slightly earlier, in the Battle of Evesham of 1265, using a red cross on their uniforms to distinguish themselves from the white crosses used by the rebel barons at the Battle of Lewes a year earlier. 

 The Pope had decided that all English Crusaders should waerred tunics with white crosses, while the French opted for red on white. The English then wanted to reclaim their emblem of a red cross on a white tunic and, in 1188, the kings of each country decided to exchange their flag.