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Driver Jack Mills and secondman David Whitby were the railway staff on the locomotive. Mills was assaulted and later became a lasting public symbol of the night; this page records that he was injured and does not dwell on wounds. The gang used Leatherslade Farm in Buckinghamshire as a hideout.
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Great Train Robbery · tagline
On 8 August 1963 a Glasgow-to-London Royal Mail train was robbed at Bridego Bridge in Buckinghamshire of £2.6 million. Most of the gang were convicted at Aylesbury; Ronnie Biggs later fled. In the early hours of 8 August 1963, the Glasgow-to-Euston Travelling Post Office — a Royal Mail train carrying high-value packets — was stopped at Bridego Bridge (also called Mentmore Bridge) near Ledburn in Buckinghamshire.
Great Train Robbery · Driver Jack Mills and secondman David Whitby were the railway st
Driver Jack Mills and secondman David Whitby were the railway staff on the locomotive. Mills was assaulted and later became a lasting public symbol of the night; this page records that he was injured and does not dwell on wounds. The gang used Leatherslade Farm in Buckinghamshire as a hideout.
Great Train Robbery · At Aylesbury in 1964, Mr Justice Edmund Davies sentenced several
At Aylesbury in 1964, Mr Justice Edmund Davies sentenced several men, including Ronald 'Buster' Edwards, Charles Wilson, Roy James and others, to terms of up to thirty years. Bruce Reynolds, the planner, was caught in 1968. Ronnie Biggs escaped from Wandsworth in 1965, reached Brazil and became a tabloid exile until he returned in 2001. The case is convicted: names, a sum and a court.
Great Train Robbery · paras 1
The Travelling Post Office moved registered mail and high-value packets between Glasgow and London. The 8 August train carried used notes being returned to London — a fact later used to explain both the size of the haul and why serials were hard to spend. The official £2.6 million is the figure this atlas uses; later inflation comparisons belong in money notes, not in the 1963 line.
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At Aylesbury in 1964, Mr Justice Edmund Davies sentenced several men, including Ronald 'Buster' Edwards, Charles Wilson, Roy James and others, to terms of up to thirty years. Bruce Reynolds, the planner, was caught in 1968. Ronnie Biggs escaped from Wandsworth in 1965, reached Brazil and became a tabloid exile until he returned in 2001. The case is convicted: names, a sum and a court.
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The Travelling Post Office moved registered mail and high-value packets between Glasgow and London. The 8 August train carried used notes being returned to London — a fact later used to explain both the size of the haul and why serials were hard to spend. The official £2.6 million is the figure this atlas uses; later inflation comparisons belong in money notes, not in the 1963 line.
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