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===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.
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