Dipping flags at ceremonies

[cessna152towser]

Pleater wrote:-

England is a country. I am English by birth but my nationality is British. Where I am from is Yorkshire.

Yes.
One of those quirks of the British Isles where our outlook differs from person to person.
I am Scottish by birth. I live in Scotland near the English border. I drive a car which is registered in an English city. For big city shopping I regularly cross the border into England. I volunteer two days a month at an English museum. When I travel by air I depart from an English airport. If someone calls me British, then that is an appropriate description as I was born in the British Isles. But I would firmly define my Nationality as Scottish rather than British.

[Father Bill]

We experience some of that here in Canada too. Most people in my province of Ontario would identify themselves as "Canadian" while many in other provinces, particularly our French language enclave of Quebec would identify first by the province in which they live.

[Bill aka Mole]

With regard to the OP, my opinion would be that the Saltire, being a country's flag, should not be dipped at the service unless some guidance was presented stating that it should be for the occasion.