THE RETURN OF A LONG LOST SON.
"The Rev. J. Hirst Hollowell, of Rochdale, has just had the joy of welcoming his son home from the war. Three years ago, it will be remembered, his clothes were found by the side of Hollingworth Lake, and, though nothing came of the dragging operations, it was believed that he had committed suicide until some time afterwards, when he was known to have gone abroad. He had enlisted as a marine on H.M.S. Powerful, and fought at Belmont, Graspan, Modder River, and Magersfontein. He was afterwards selected as one of the Naval Brigade to march into Pretoria, where he was taken ill with enteric, and invalided home."Northampton Mercury, Friday 13th July 1900
Can we identify the marine? I don't see the surnames Hirst or Hollowell in the list of H.M.S. Powerful's crew, so he likely served under an assumed name, assuming that the story is correct.
Edit - A William Henry Hollowell was born in Rochdale in 1877.