Editing Great Train Robbery (1963) (section)

==Fate of the victims==
[[File:Jack Mills and David Whitby memorial plaque.jpg|thumb|Memorial plaque to Mills and Whitby at [[Crewe railway station]]]]
===Jack Mills===
Mills had constant trauma headaches for the rest of his life, before dying of [[leukemia]] in 1970. Mills's assailant was one of three members of the gang that were never identified by the others. However, in November 2012, Hussey made a death-bed confession that it was him, although there were suspicions that this was repayment of a debt, to divert attention from the real perpetrator.<ref>{{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|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=19 December 2013|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>

Class 90 electric locomotive number 90 036 was named Driver Jack Mills at Crewe station on 2 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFUUXyl9qI0 | title=DBS Class 90, 90036 Driver Jack Mills Naming Ceremony at Crewe (2nd December 2014) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=2 December 2014 }}</ref> In 2025, the name was transferred to [[DB Cargo]] locomotive 66126, following the withdrawal of the Class 90 in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title='66' named in honour of Driver Mills |work=RAIL Magazine |issue=1030 |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media |date=5 March 2025 |location=Peterborough |page=23}}</ref> A road in Crewe was named Jack Mills Way in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-train-driver-jack-9739616 |title=Tributes paid to train driver Jack Mills at opening of new Crewe road |date=27 July 2015 }}</ref>

Frank Williams (at the time a detective inspector) claimed that at least three men who were directly involved are still at liberty and enjoying their full share of the money stolen and the profits from the way they invested it, one of them being the man responsible for the attack on the train driver. Williams said that the train driver's assailant was not some phantom figure lurking in the criminal underworld, and that he traced him, identified him and took him to Scotland Yard where, with Tommy Butler, Williams questioned him.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} He could not be charged because of lack of evidence; there were no fingerprints or identifiable marks anywhere. None of those arrested informed on this person, although it was claimed that he had completely disobeyed instructions and used violence during the robbery.

===David Whitby===
David Whitby (24 January 1937 – 6 January 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Bxs2&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=David%20&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Whitby&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdp=1&msbdy=1937&msddy=1972&cpxt=1&cp=4&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=dv7&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=34750555&dbid=7579&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3|access-date= 21 January 2017|title= The England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index shows that David Whitby's death was registered in the Jan-Mar 1972 quarter, for the Crewe District|volume=olume 10a|page= 858}}</ref> was also from Crewe. He was traumatised by his track-side assault and subsequent rough treatment and never recovered from his ordeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/lifestyle|title=Interview with David Whitby's sister, Nancy Barkley|date=8 August 2013|publisher=Chesterchronicle.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219141545/http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/lifestyle/|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He was 26 years old at the time of the robbery. He was able to resume his job as a [[secondman]], but died from a heart attack on 6 January 1972 at the age of 34 in Crewe, Cheshire.

===Bill Boal===
Engineer William Gerald "Bill" Boal (22 October 1913 – 26 June 1970), an accomplice after the fact of Roger Cordrey. He was considered so at the time because he knew Cordrey and moreover was found in Cordrey's car where a large stash of the stolen money was hidden. He died in jail of cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-boal.htm|title=William Gerald Boal profile|work=thamesvalley.police.uk|access-date=27 August 2015|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220074653/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum-gtr/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang/aboutus-museum-gtr-gang-boal.htm|archive-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> His family are now trying to have his name cleared, as they believe, based on evidence not used in the original trial, that Boal was at best an accomplice after the fact with no knowledge of the robbery, and that it was likely that Cordrey told him nothing about the provenance of the cash.<ref name="bobgraham"/> Furthermore, both Ronnie Biggs and Gordon Goody, two surviving gang members at the time, gave sworn affidavits asserting that Boal was innocent. Both gang members stated that they believed Boal was "stitched up" by the police.<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ronnie-biggs-man-convicted-over-2121493 Ronnie Biggs insists man convicted over Great Train Robbery who died in jail 'was innocent': Bill Boal was one of 12 men caged over the £2.5million ambush that stunned the world 50 years ago on Thursday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165236/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ronnie-biggs-man-convicted-over-2121493 |date=22 February 2018 }} By Bob Graham 00:01, 4 August 2013 The Mirror. Accessed Online 21 February 2018</ref>