Flag of Berkshire

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Flag of Berkshire]

The Flag of Berkshire, is a modern proposal for a county flag for the Royal County of Berkshire in England. It was designed by David Nash Ford of the Royal Berkshire History website [ [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/odds/arms.html Berkshire History: Berkshire Coat of Arms & Berkshire Flag ] ] . Berkshire, like a lot of English counties has never had a flag, although the County Council occasionally used a stylised version of its coat of arms, which has two blue lions under a blue crown. Various organisations [The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Football Association; The Berkshire Cricket Board; The Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes; The Berkshire Lawn Tennis Association; The Reading Rugby Football Club; The Royal Berkshire Regiment; The Royal County of Berkshire Bowling Association] in the county use the design, on which the flag is based (a white hart beneath an oak tree), which according to some stories, was used at the Battle of Agincourt.

Having been approached by a number of organisations concerned with the fact that Berkshire had never had its own flag, the RBH (Royal Berkshire History Website) designed the flag. The overall design is loosely based on the Welsh National flag and the Coat-of-Arms of Buckinghamshire, which both have animals set between two coloured bands. The colours of blue and white are taken from the coat of arms of Berkshire, and may be seen to represent the River Thames. The circular form of the golden deer and oak is similar to that used by both the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes. The colour of gold on blue (and white) is again taken from the old arms and represents the Monarchy.

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