Buster Edwards
Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (* 27. January 1931 , † 28. November 1994 in Lambeth , London ) was a British boxer , nightclub owner and member of the gang that in 1963 the large Great Train Robbery (English: Great Train Robbery ) performed. His nickname, literally translated “boy”, means “punch through” or “bone breaker” in the demi-world.
The attack on the mail train
On August 8, 1963, Edwards attacked along with Ronald Biggs , Bruce Reynolds , Charlie Wilson ("The Silent"), Roy James ("The Weasel"), Thomas Wisbey, Robert Welch, Gordon Goody, James Hussey, Rodger Cordrey, James White and a few strangers, the royal mail train from Glasgow to London at 3:10 a.m. The train was stopped at Sears Crossing in Ledburn, near Mentmore in the county of Buckinghamshire , by a manipulated train signal and driven 1.5 km further to the Bridego bridge . One of the mail robbers (allegedly Edwards) knocked down the train driver Jack Mills, who suffered a concussion and permanent trauma. Mills died of leukemia seven years later .
The booty consisted of 120 money bags with £ 2,631,684 (around 55 million pounds sterling or 61 million euros based on today's value ).
Edwards later fled with his family to Acapulco , Mexico , where he met his accomplices Reynolds and Wilson and lived with Reynolds and his family; Wilson later moved to Canada . However, due to homesickness and lack of money, Edwards returned to England via Cologne in 1966 , was caught a little later and sentenced to 15 years in prison. After his early release in 1975, he ran a flower stand at London's Waterloo Station .
In 1988 the film Buster was made about Edward's role in the postal train robbery, with Phil Collins playing the main male role .
Private life
Edwards had been married to June Rose since 1952, and the couple had a daughter together.
In 1994 he was found dead by his brother hanged in a garage.
Individual evidence
- ↑ These figures were determined with the template: Inflation and the template: Exchange rate and refer at most to the previous calendar year.
- ↑ Mail train robber Edwards found hanged, The Independent, November 30, 1994
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edwards, Buster |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edwards, Ronald Christopher (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British mail robber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1931 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1994 |
| Place of death | Lambeth |