Here lies William Moore Campbell

Vault of William Moore Campbell

William Moore Campbell (d.1906)

This is probably the most elaborate and expensive vault in the graveyard. William Moore Campbell was the managing director of the Sutton Heath and Lea Green Collieries Co. Ltd., St Helens, from 1890. The pits had a horrendous record for fatal and crippling accidents, but the directors prospered. William Campbell’s annual salary was £500 with 5% of the profits, which were quite sizeable. When he died, aged 71, his estate was valued at more than £77,000. In today’s money, that would be about £8m.

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