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Jack MillsJack Mills was the driver of the train that was the centrepiece of the great train robbery of 1963. He got on the train at the driver change-over at Crewe station, in Cheshire, on the train's journey to London Euston station, a journey that would take the train through Buckinghamshire, where the gang of robbers was waiting for it. In Buckinghamshire, Mills approached the set of two signals that were normally both green. The robbers had, however, changed the first set of signals to amber, warning the driver to slow down, and the second set to red, telling the driver to stop the train. He stopped, and soon after the robbers launched their attack. When they got onto the train, they attacked Jack with the back of an axe, and he suffered heavy injuries to his head. He was hancuffed to the train's fireman in the engine compartment of the driver's cab. After the robbery, Jack was taken to the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital in Aylesbury, where he and his fireman had to wait for a free policeman to remove the handcuffs. Jack died of leukemia in 1970.
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