The Great Gold Robbery took place 15 May 1855 United Kingdom, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guards carriage of a train transporting the gold from London to Paris. In the safes were 224 pounds or 102 kg of g valued at the time £12,000 approximately equivalent today of £1,175,000. The robbers comprised of four men William Tester and James Burgess were employees of South Eastern Railway the company that ran the rail service. They were joined by the two planners of the crime, Edward Agar, a professional career criminal, and William Pierce, a former rail employee of who had been dismissed for being a gambler.
