Indeed, Great Britain is just the island with England, Wales & Scotland, the
UK = Great Britain + Northern Ireland

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The flag is the English flag. - red cross on a white background.

The flag of St George was not designed by Florence Nightingale. :-)

You are probably thinking of the red white and blue union jack which is
the
British flag. The union jack is a composite of the english flag and the
scottish flag (a white diagonal cross on a blue background).

Britian, is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...

No, the official name, the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland', implies that Northern Ireland is *not* a part of Great Britain.

--Nick