Talk:Jack Mills (Great Train Robbery)

Charmian Bigg
Who is Charmian Bigg? The name comes up in the "Death" section without a single word of explanation as to who this is. People who write/edit articles need to take a moment and read the article from top to bottom assuming no prior knowledge of the subject. You shouldn't just mention some name without explanation of who they are and what their connection is. Basic rules of writing still apply, even here! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.244.51.197 (talk) 16:34, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. Charmian Biggs is Ronnie Biggs' ex-wife. Jim Michael (talk) 20:33, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Claim
One of the gang claimed that Mills attacked them. This is very hard to believe. One unarmed man will not normally attack a large group of armed men.

Based on what assertion?

A father defending his home, or his family? A Royal Protection Officer protecting the Queen? Perhaps Mills thought if he could repel them for a very short while, they could have put the train in motion again, and remove the attackers ability to board the train.

There are plenty of examples of people attacking others despite the odds, and you can virtually guarantee this is for good reason every time.

It does seem odd that one of the gang would claim this, after all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.120.222.100 (talk) 10:56, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

"When they got onto the train, they attacked Jack Mills with the back of an axe’s handle, and he suffered a black eye and facial bruising."

In the Great Train Robbery article however, it is claimed that he was attacked with an iron bar.

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move pages, per discussion below. GTBacchus(talk) 01:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Jack Mills → Jack Mills (train driver) — While I do not mean any disrespect to the train driver, it is not clear that he is significantly more notable than any other person of this name. PatGallacher (talk) 00:16, 31 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Jack Mills (disambiguation) → Jack Mills

Oppose as Jack Mills is the primary topic. Karry145 (talk) 15:02, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know, it appears the other two guys named Jack Mills with articles here are barely notable. This Jack Mills' involvement in the Great Train Robbery gives him pretty high visibility, including mentions in the press years after his death.   Rejectwater (talk) 14:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

"Jack Mills had severe brain damage and blows to the head"
Shouldn't "and" read "from", "because of", "due to" or something like that? Brain damage is an effect, whereas blows to the head are a cause - they shouldn't be equated by linking them with "and".213.127.210.95 (talk) 14:20, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Jack Mills and David Whitby honoured with Plaque at Crewe station
Can somebody please add this to the main text as appropriate? - not only a plaque at Crewe station in memorial to both men but Train Operating Company DB Schenker have named a locomotive after Driver Jack Mills - https://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/news/crewe-south-cheshire-news/great-train-robbery-victims-jack-8215499 Andywebby (talk) 12:52, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Disambiguation
This page ahould be moved to Jack Mills (train driver) and Jack Mills (disambiguation) should be moved here to Jack Mills. I tried to do it but existing redirects blocked me. FloridaArmy (talk) 15:34, 16 April 2022 (UTC)