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The remaining gang members

There were three other members of the gang behind The Great Train Robbery...

Roger Cordrey (born 1921)

Roger Cordrey worked as a florist in Brighton. He had become a compulsive gambler, which had led him to work as a thief. He was a member of a rival gang, The South Coast Raiders.

When he was arrested along with Bill Boal in Bournemouth, Cordrey resourcefully hid in his rectum the key to a car in which he was hiding his share of cash from the robbery. He pleaded guilty, but without implicating anyone else.

He was sentenced to 20 years, but released in 1971. He moved to the West Country and returned to the flower business.

John Daly (1931-2013)

Daly was born In New Ross, Ireland.

He was an antique dealer聽and skilled craftsman who married Franny Reynolds' sister Barbara and hence became Bruce Reynolds' brother in law. Bruce regarded him as his "lucky charm".

Daly was the only member of the gang to be acquitted during the trial. His fingerprints were found on Monopoly tokens recovered from one of the mailbags, but he claimed that he had only played Monopoly with friends in London.

He became a dustman, and lived the rest of his life free of crime.

Brian Field (1934-1953)

Brian Field worked as a managing clerk for a firm of solicitors, but liked to pretend he was a qualified solicitor himself. His firm defended Gordon Goody when he was charged with taking part in the BOAC robbery, and the same firm were responsible for the conveyancing on Leatherslade Farm.

Field was sentenced to 25 years, which was later reduced to five. When released he changed his name but died later in a car crash.