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Bruce was born in 1931. The son of a trade union official at the Ford plant in Dagenham, Reynolds mother died when he was just four years old and he was brought up partly by his grandmother.

He left school at 14 and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps 1 May 1952, but he absconded within days. He聽was promptly arrested聽and handed back. He escaped a second time and was discharged for misconduct.

Prior to the Great Train Robbery, Reynolds had a reputation for top-class crime, but聽his 11 previous convictions recorded by the police when he eventually came to trial for the train robbery were all聽very minor offences.

Bruce鈥檚 life outside prison was lavish. He avoided the criminal drinking clubs & pubs, preferring to be seen in London鈥檚 most elite clubs and restaurants.

After the Robbery, Reynolds fled to Mexico on a false passport and was joined by his wife Angela and son Nick. They later moved on to Canada but the cash from the Robbery ran out and he came back to England.

In 1968, Reynolds was captured in Torquay and sentenced to 25 years in jail. He was released on parole in 1978. Bruce published his autobiography in 1995 and died in 2013, the year that marked the 50th anniversary of the Robbery.