This section needs additional citations for verification. The ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in prison. The police found this hideout, and incriminating evidence, a monopoly board with fingerprints, led to the eventual arrest and conviction of most of the gang. After the robbery, the gang hid at Leatherslade Farm. Mills never overcame the trauma of the robbery. He retired in 1967 and died in 1970 due to an unrelated illness. After his partial recovery, Mills returned to work doing light duties. The gang did not use any firearms, though Jack Mills, the train driver, was beaten over the head with a metal bar and suffered serious head injuries. The bulk of the stolen money has never been recovered. With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman", whose real identity has never been established, the robbers escaped with over £2.61 million. A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present. 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" two were later identified as Harry Smith and Danny Pembroke. Īfter tampering with the lineside signals to bring the train to a halt, a gang of 15, led by Bruce Reynolds, attacked the train. The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (about £61 million today ) from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
11 men sentenced (Bill Boal and Lennie Field later exonerated) to terms up to 30 years
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