Great Train Robbery 1963 The

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Great Train Robbery (1963)

• The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £ 2. 6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London in the early hours of Thursday, 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.

• After tampering with line signals, a 15 strong gang of robbers led by Bruce Reynolds attacked the train. Other gang members included Gordon Goody, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, Roy James, John Daly, Jimmy White, Ronnie Biggs, Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey, Bob Welch and Roger Cordrey, as well as three men known only as numbers "1", "2" and "3". A 16 th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present at the time of the robbery.

• With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman" (named as Patrick Mc. Kenna in 2014), the robbers got away with over £ 2. 6 million (equivalent to £ 49. 1 million today). The bulk of the stolen money was never recovered. Though the gang did not use any firearms, Jack Mills, the train driver, was beaten over the head with a metal bar. Mills' injuries were severe enough to end his career.

The robbers had cut all the telephone lines in the vicinity, but one of the rail-men left on the train at Sears Crossing caught a passing goods train to Cheddington, where he raised the alarm at around 4: 20 am. The first reports of the robbery were broadcast on the VHF police radio within a few minutes and this is where the gang heard the line "A robbery has been committed and you'll never believe it – they've stolen the train!"

The Robbers Bruce Richard Reynold Douglas Gordon Goody Charles Frederick Wilson Ronald Christopher Edwards Brian Arthur Field Roy John James John Thomas Daly Jessie Pinkman Walter Edward White After the robbery, the gang hid at Leatherslade Farm. It was after the police found this hideout that incriminating evidence would lead to the eventual arrest and conviction of most of the gang. The ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in jail.

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