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Charles James Kray [1] (9 July 1927 – 4 April 2000) was an English professional boxer [2] [3] and convicted criminal. [4] [5] He was the elder brother of Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
- Kray Twins
Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (24 October 1933 – 20 March 1995) and...
- Kray Twins
Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (24 October 1933 – 20 March 1995) and Reginald "Reggie" Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000) were English gangsters or organised crime figures and identical twin brothers from Haggerston who were prominent from the late 1950s until their arrest in 1968.
- History
- Arrest and Imprisonment
- Death
- Publications
Early Life
Charlie was born at 26 Gorsuch Street, Haggerston, East London in 1927 to Charles and Violet Kray. He lived most of his life in the long shadow cast by his brothers, who were seven years younger. In 1932 the family moved to Stene Street, near Kingsland Road, Hackney, The family then lived in Gorusch Street, and later moved to 178 Vallance Roadin Bethnal Green. Charlie went to Laburnum Street School, where he was picked for the football team. Young Charlie was brought up on stories about fight...
1940s
Charlie boxed as a welterweight for the Royal Navy against the Army and the Air Force in 1943, in which he represented the navy as a welterweight against the army and the air force, and encouraged the twins to join a local gym. It was something he later said he regretted. Charlie helped to train them and thought that the discipline that was being instilled would stand them in good stead in later life. Young Charlie soon took up boxing himself again and trained in the local gyms and his grandf...
1950s
He started to look elsewhere for love and affection and found it in the arms of Barbara Windsor, star of the Carry On films and Eastenders. This affair didn't last because his children and their happiness came first and staying with Dorothy provided them with a stable background. This wasn't to last and arguments were a daily occurrence. Dorothy was still seeing Ince behind Charlie's back. In earlier arguments, she had said that Nancy wasn't his but then denied it when they calmed down. Charl...
When the twins' empire came crashing down in 1969, Charlie is inevitably dragged down with them. On 8th of May 1968 Ronnie, Reggie and Charlie Kray were arrested (along with many other members of The Firm ) for the murders of George Cornell, Jack McVitie and Frank Mitchellas well as other lesser charges. Aged forty-one and living at 40 Thornfield H...
Three years into his sentence at the age of 73, he was in very poor health Charlie was admitted to Dryburn Hospital in Durham on 28th of July 1999 with a very bad chest infection. He remained there for a few weeks before returning to Frankland prison. He requested a transfer and was moved to Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight on the 20th August. Charli...
Me and My Brothers, with Robin McGibbon, Everest Books, 14 October 1976, 256 pagesDoing the Business, with Colin Fry, John Blake Publishing Ltd, April 1993, 240 pagesCharles David Kray (10 March 1907 – 8 March 1983) also known as Charlie Sr. or Old Charlie Kray, was the father of the Kray brothers, Charlie, Reggie and Ronnie. He married Violet Lee in 1926 and spent a large amount of time absent from the twin's upbringing as he worked away and was on the run...
The Richardson gang and the Kray twins were engaged in a turf war in the mid-to-late 1960s. Charlie Richardson and George Cornell had first met the Krays while in Shepton Mallet Prison. [7] Tensions came to a head in 1965–66. During a Christmas party at the Astor Club in December 1965, Cornell called Ronnie Kray a "fat poof" and a fight ensued.
4 apr 2000 · The Krays were the most notorious criminals of the 1960s, heading an organised underworld empire of protection rackets, violence and murder. Ronnie and Reggie Kray were identical twins, born...
3 ott 2024 · Charles James Kray was an English professional boxer and convicted criminal. He was the elder brother of Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
