Great Train Robbery (1963) 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 on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. After having tampered with the lineside signals in order to bring the train to a halt, 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
Great Train Robbery (1963) worker living in Salford, Greater Manchester, at the time of the robbery. McKenna, who was from Belfast, met Goody four times in 1963. Goody alleges he only found out McKenna's name when he saw it written inside his spectacles case. It is not known what became of the share McKenna received but his children were "flabbergasted" upon hearing of their father's involvement. It was surmised that McKenna either donated his share to the Catholic church over the years or had had the money stolen from him. William Gerald Boal (22 October 1913 – 26 June 1970), an accomplice after the