Today in History

August 8, 1963

The Great Train Robbery

On August 8, 1963, a group of 15 men held up a train at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. The robbery did not go well. The robbers were misinformed, ill-equipped and more than a little bumbling. A conductor was hit in the head and hurt severely, but none were killed. The £2.6 million train robbery was the largest robbery by value in British history until that record was broken in 2006. The bulk of the money was never recovered.

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