Editing Great Train Robbery (1963) (section)

===The robbers===
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! colspan=12 | Great Train Robbers<ref name="Reynolds 1995"/><ref>{{cite web|title=RonnieBiggs|url=http://www.ronniebiggs.com/?page_id=7|access-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304113441/http://www.ronniebiggs.com/?page_id=7|archive-date=4 March 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Name
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"| Age on <br />day of<br />robbery
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Born
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Died
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Role in the Gang
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Association
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"| At<br />the<br />scene
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"| Loot split
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| Captured
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| Left prison
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| 1 || {{sort|reynolds|[[Bruce Richard Reynolds]]}} || 31 || 7 September 1931<ref name="jpbean">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/28/bruce-reynolds|title=Bruce Reynolds obituary|first=JP|last=Bean|work=The Guardian|date=28 February 2013|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913161342/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/28/bruce-reynolds|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> || 28 February 2013<ref name="jpbean"/> || Leader of the gang || Leader of the South West Gang || Yes || 1/17 || 8 November 1968 || 1978
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| 2 || {{sort|goody|Douglas Gordon Goody}} || 33 || 11 March 1930<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 29 January 2016<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/29/great-train-robbery-gordon-goody-dies-aged-86 |title = Great Train Robber Gordon Goody dies aged 86 |website = [[TheGuardian.com]] |date = 29 January 2016 |access-date = 14 December 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170106110224/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/29/great-train-robbery-gordon-goody-dies-aged-86 |archive-date = 6 January 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> || Deputy and organiser || Member of the South West Gang || Yes || 1/17 || 3 October 1963 || 23 December 1975
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| 3 || {{sort|wison|[[Charlie Wilson (criminal)|Charles Frederick Wilson]]}} || 31 || 30 June 1932<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 23 April 1990 <small>(assassinated)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-wil.htm |title=Thames Valley Police – The Great Train robbery – Charlie Wilson (Charles Frederick Wilson) |publisher=Thamesvalley.police.uk |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220075159/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-wil.htm |archive-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || "Treasurer" and organiser || Member of the South West Gang || Yes || 1/17 || 22 August 1963 <small>(Initial)</small><br> 24 January 1968 <small>(Recaptured)</small> || 12 August 1964 <small>(Escaped)</small><br> 15 September 1978 <small>(Last one released)</small>
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| 4 || {{sort|Edwards|[[Buster Edwards|Ronald Christopher Edwards]]}} || 32 || 27 January 1931<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 28 November 1994 <small>(possibly suicide)</small> || Organiser || Member of the South West Gang || Yes || 1/17 || 19 September 1966 <small>(Voluntary)</small> || April 1975
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| 5 || {{sort|field|[[Brian Field|Brian Arthur Field]]}} || 29 || 15 December 1934<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 27 April 1979 <small>(car crash)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-fieldb.htm |title=Thames Valley Police – The Great Train robbery – Brian Arthur Field |publisher=Thamesvalley.police.uk |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220075300/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-fieldb.htm |archive-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Key informant and organiser of the mock purchase of Leatherslade Farm, the gang's hideout || Solicitor's clerk and organised the defence of Gordon Goody and Buster Edwards in previous court cases || No || 1/17 || 15 September 1963 || 1967
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| 6 || {{sort|unknown|''Ulsterman'' <br> <small>possibly Patrick McKenna<ref name="Tracy McVeigh"/> or Sammy Osterman<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/03/true-identity-great-train-robber-known-ulsterman-finally-revealed/|title=True identity of the Great Train Robber known as 'The Ulsterman' finally revealed|first=Martin|last=Evans|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=3 August 2019|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=3 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803164628/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/03/true-identity-great-train-robber-known-ulsterman-finally-revealed/|archive-date=3 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref></small>}} || || || || Key informant and organiser || Contact with Gordon Goody and Buster Edwards arranged through another man who contacted Brian Field|| No || 1/17|| ||
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| 7 || {{sort|james|Roy John James}} || 28 || 30 August 1935<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 21 August 1997<ref name="books.google.co.uk">{{cite book | last1=Russell-Pavier | first1=N. | last2=Richards | first2=S. | title=The Great Train Robbery: Crime of the Century: The Definitive Account | publisher=Orion | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-297-86440-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KSaWB4zMzMC&q=roger+cordrey+1921&pg=PT328 | access-date=20 December 2013 | page=328}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-jam.htm |title=Thames Valley Police – The Great Train robbery – Roy John James |publisher=Thamesvalley.police.uk |date=21 August 1997 |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220074956/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-jam.htm |archive-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ||Getaway driver and carriage uncoupler ||Associate of South West Gang || Yes || 1/17 || 10 December 1963 || August 1975
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| 8 || {{sort|daly|John Thomas Daly}} || 32 || 6 June 1931<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || April 2013<ref name="cornishguardian.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Train-robber-John-Daly-won-respect-Launceston/story-18847198-detail/story.html|title=Train robber John Daly won respect as Launceston dustman|work=Cornish Guardian|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210727/http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Train-robber-John-Daly-won-respect-Launceston/story-18847198-detail/story.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-daly.htm |title=Thames Valley Police – The Great Train robbery – John Thomas Daly |publisher=Thamesvalley.police.uk |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220075059/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-daly.htm |archive-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Train stopper and getaway driver || Brother in law of Reynolds and associate of South West Gang || Yes || 1/17 || 3 December 1963 || N/A <small>Acquitted 14 February 1964</small>
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| 9 || {{sort|smith|''Unconfirmed'' <small>Believed to be Henry Thomas Smith</small>}}|| || || || Carriage uncoupler || Associate of South West Gang || Yes || 1/17|| ||
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| 10 || {{sort|white|James Edward White}} || 43 || 21 February 1920<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || Before 2000<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-white.htm |title=Thames Valley Police – The Great Train robbery – James 'Jimmy' Edward White |publisher=Thamesvalley.police.uk |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220074752/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-white.htm |archive-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Quartermaster and carriage uncoupler || Generally solitary thief who knew Reynolds || Yes || 1/17 || 21 April 1966 || April 1975
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| 11 || {{sort|unknown|''Identity unknown''}} || || || || Muscle || Associate of Jimmy White || Yes || 1/17 || ||
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| 12 || {{sort|cordey|Roger John Cordrey}} || 42 || 30 May 1921<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 2011<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-cord.htm |title=Thames Valley Police – The Great Train robbery – Roger John Cordrey |publisher=Thamesvalley.police.uk |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220075253/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-cord.htm |archive-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Train stopper and electronics expert || Leader of the South Coast Raiders || Yes || 1/17 || 14 August 1963 || April 1971
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| 13 || {{sort|welch|Robert Welch}} || 34 || 12 March 1929<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-wel.htm |title=Thames Valley Police – The Great Train robbery – Robert Alfred Welch |publisher=Thamesvalley.police.uk |date=14 June 1976 |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220075205/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-wel.htm |archive-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| October 2023<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saleem |first1=Zesha |title=Last surviving member of Great Train Robbery Bobby Welch dies after Alzheimer's battle |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/last-surviving-member-great-train-31348320 |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=The Mirror |date=2 November 2023}}</ref> || Muscle || South Coast Raiders || Yes || 1/17 || 25 October 1963 || June 1976
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| 14 || {{sort|wisbey|Thomas William Wisbey}} || 33 || 27 April 1930<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 30 December 2016 || Muscle || South Coast Raiders || Yes || 1/17 || 11 September 1963 || February 1976
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| 15 || {{sort|hussey|James Hussey}} || 31 || 8 April 1933<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 12 November 2012 <small>(died in a hospice)</small><ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite news|title=James Hussey: Great Train Robber who made a disputed confession on his deathbed|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/james-hussey-great-train-robber-who-made-a-disputed-confession-on-his-deathbed-8320564.html|work=The Independent|access-date=17 November 2012|location=London|date=15 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221192248/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/james-hussey-great-train-robber-who-made-a-disputed-confession-on-his-deathbed-8320564.html|archive-date=21 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> || Muscle || South Coast Raiders || Yes || 1/17 || 7 September 1963 || 1975<ref name="independent.co.uk"/>
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| 16 || {{sort|pembroke|Danny Pembroke}} || 27 ||1936 ||2015 || Muscle || South Coast Raiders || Yes || 1/17|| ||
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| 17 || {{sort|biggs|[[Ronald Arthur Biggs]]}} || 34 || 8 August 1929<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> || 18 December 2013 || Contact for replacement train driver || Associate of Reynolds || Yes || 1/17 || 4 September 1963<small> (Initial capture)</small><br>7 May 2001<small>(Voluntary return to UK)</small> || 8 July 1965<small> (Escaped)</small><br> 7 August 2009 <small> (Total time Served: 3,875 days)</small>
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| 18 || {{sort|unknown|''Identity unknown''}} || 67 || || || Replacement train driver (failed) || via Ronnie Biggs || Yes || || ||
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