New image released to identify Mile End Man after 51 years

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 10:36 · Archive

A man who died at Mile End Underground station in 1975 remains unidentified after 51 years, with investigators releasing a new image in a fresh appeal.

A man who died at Mile End Underground station in east London on 8 May 1975 has remained unidentified for 51 years. Known simply as Mile End Man, he was struck by a train at the station on the morning of his death. Despite extensive investigation, nobody has been able to establish his identity.

According to Locate International, the man was thought to be in his 40s or 50s when he died. He was around 6ft tall and described as a white European man with receding black hair and greying ginger sideburns. He had a clean-shaven appearance and may also have worn false upper teeth.

Investigators know a considerable amount about the man's appearance and what he was wearing. He was smartly dressed in blue trousers, a light blue shirt and a navy Burton blazer with distinctive yellow buttons. Yet this detailed knowledge has not been enough to establish his name.

Mile End station has a direct rail link to Essex through the Central line, which has served the station since 1946 and runs east through Stratford towards Epping. The station also has historic connections with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Although there is currently no suggestion that Mile End Man himself came from Essex, the direct transport connection raises the possibility that people travelling between Essex and London could have encountered him.

Investigators have now released a new image of the man in a fresh attempt to identify him after more than half a century.

How it is being reported

• New image released in bid to identify mystery man who died at train stationThe identity of a smartly-dressed man who died at a London Underground station with a direct rail link to Essex has remained a mystery for more than half a century.Echo (Basildon) · 5 Nov, 10:07
• New image released in bid to identify mystery man who died at train stationThe identity of a smartly-dressed man who died at a London Underground station with a direct rail link to Essex has remained a mystery for more than half a century.Colchester Gazette · 5 Nov, 10:07
• New image released in bid to identify mystery man who died at train stationThe identity of a smartly-dressed man who died at a London Underground station with a direct rail link to Essex has remained a mystery for more than half a century.Brentwood Guardian · 5 Nov, 09:54

In this story: Mile End Man · Mile End station · London · Essex · Locate International · Hew Morrison

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