King Edward III refuses succour to his son at the Battle of Crecy sign of the times 27th August 1981

27th August 1981

Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon

Oxwich Bay

meeting on the pavement outside Brooks's Club

King Edward III refuses succour to his son at the Battle of Crecy sign of the times 27th August 1981King Edward III refuses succour to his son at the Battle of Crecy, France, 1346 (1864). One of the defining battles of the Hundred Years War between England and France, Crecy was a victory for the English over a much larger French army, brought about largely by the impact of the English longbowmen. During the battle, Edward III (1312 1377) refused to assist his 16 year old son, Edward, the Black Prince, who commanded one of the three divisions of the