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During World War Two Campbell served with the Royal Artillery, being with the 8th Army for almost four years in the Middle East, and in France and Germany from D-Day to demobilisation in 1946. After the war Campbell, an Ulsterman, moved to Wolverhampton where he was employed by Villiers Engineering Company Ltd, before starting his own fish merchants. As a member of the Conservative Party he was elected to Bilston Borough Council in 1954. He was elected mayor for the period 1961 to 1962, and directed Bilston's defence against the Boundary Commission's intention to amalgamate Bilston with Wolverhampton. After amalgamation, Campbell served as a member of Wolverhampton Borough Council, as deputy mayor in 1967, and as mayor in 1968. Mayor
of Wolverhampton: Express & Star, 26th February 1968 |
