Born in Belfast, Co. Down.
Enlisted at Dundalk on the 2nd of November 1849.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Grocer.
Tried by a District Court-martial on the 10th of March 1855 for "being asleep on his post" and sentenced to 25 lashes and 30 days imprisonment, with hard labour.
Served at Eupatoria.
From Private to Corporal: 28th of January 1858.
Sent to the Riding Establishment at Maidstone on the 27th of September 1858 and re
Joined the regiment on the 13th of June 1859.
Confined, 6th-26th of July 1859, reduced to Private by a Regtl. Court-martial at Dublin on the 19th of July, and sentenced to 42 days imprisonment in Dill Prison for being "Drunk on duty."
Discharged, "time expired", from Edinburgh on the 16th of February 1861, Conduct, "good".
In possession of one Good Conduct badge.
Twice tried by Court-martial.He re-enlisted into the Royal Horse Artillery as No. 2202 on the 13th of April 1861. He was described as being of a fresh complexion, with blue eyes and auburn hair.
After 9 years and 3 months further service he was discharged at Dublin on the 19th of July 1870, "at his own request, after completion of 21 years service."
Served a total of 21 years 3 months.
In Turkey and the Crimea 2 years. India, 5 years and 4 months.
Aged 39 years on discharge. Awarded a pension of 8d. per day.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Was shown in the 1877 list of members of the Balaclava Commemoration Society, but not in the 1879 revised list.
(See record of 412 James Cameron regarding a portrait said to be of Campbell which appeared in the "Illustrated London News" for the 30th of October 1875.)
He received help from the "Robert's" Fund and was present at the Fleet Street offices of Mr. T.H. Roberts for the Jubilee celebrations held there in June of 1897 and signed the testimonial given to Mr. Roberts on that occasion as "Donald" Campbell. (See copy in the" Memoirs" file.) Attended the Annual Dinners in 1890 and 1908-09-10 and 1911.
Died on the 6th of August 1912.
He first resided in the Belfast Pension District and was later in the West London Pension District from the 4th of August 1874.