# Jim Nevill

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**James Francis Nevill** (20 February 1927 – 12 December 2007) was the head of the [Scotland Yard](/source/Scotland_Yard) [Bomb Squad](/source/Bomb_Squad). He was Detective Chief Superintendent in 1975 at the height of a [Provisional Irish Republican Army](/source/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army) bombing campaign in London, the police cornered four IRA gunmen in a flat in Balcombe Street where they took a middle aged couple hostage. The siege lasted for six days, Nevill was in charge of the negotiations. He also took part in the investigation of the [Great Train Robbery](/source/Great_Train_Robbery_(1963)) in 1963. He was later promoted to [commander](/source/Commander#British_police_rank). He died on 12 December 2007.[1]

He served in World War II in the [Royal Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Fusiliers).

## References

1. ["Jim Nevill Obituary"](https://archive.today/20100524033913/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3385541.ece). *The Times*. 18 February 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3385541.ece) on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2008.

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