Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (27 January 1931 – 28 November 1994) was a British criminal who was a member of the gang that committed the 1963 Great Train Robbery. He had also been a boxer, and owned a nightclub and a flower shop.

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million [2] (worth about £69 million GBP, equivalent to approximately $3.284 million USD, in 2023) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.

2021年8月5日 · England's Great Train Robbery was a complex heist carried out by a gang of 15 men but only one among them was the subject of a film - Ronald "Buster" Edwards. Deanna O'Connor tells his story. "They've stolen the train!” This was the unforgettable line broadcast at 4.20am on the morning of 8 August 1963.

Buster is a 1988 British romantic crime comedy-drama based on events from the Great Train Robbery, starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters. The supporting cast includes Larry Lamb and Shelia Hancock .

2013年2月28日 · Ronald "Buster" Edwards, who is perhaps best known as the subject of the 1988 film Buster, in which he was played by singer Phil Collins, is widely believed to have wielded the cosh used to hit...

2023年8月8日 · During the early morning of August 8, 1963, a British postal train traveling from Scotland to England suddenly stopped at a red signal in a small village. When the train’s co-engineer stepped out to investigate the issue, masked men attacked him …

2014年7月16日 · At 3 a.m. on Thursday, August 8, 1963, a British mail train heading from Glasgow to London slowed for a red signal near the village of Cheddington, about 36 miles northwest of its destination....

Buster Edwards was found hanged in a garage in 1994 at the age of 62. Two wreaths in the shape of trains accompanied his funeral cortege. Clips

2013年8月8日 · Ronald 'Buster' Edwards was found hanged in a garage in 1994. His funeral cortege was accompanied by two wreaths in the shape of trains. Charlie Wilson was the final train robber to be released...

Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (27 January 1931 – 28 November 1994) was a British criminal who was a member of the gang that committed the 1963 Great Train Robbery. He had also been a boxer, and owned a nightclub and a flower shop.