Index Download original document at the bottom of the page. BRITISH DESTROYER IN ACTION Casualties On HMS Kennet 22nd Aug 1914 The following was issued by the Press Bureau at 1 o'clock this morning The Commander-in-Chief, China, states that on Saturday the destroyer Kennet, while chasing the German destroyer S 90, approached too close to the battery at Tsingtao and sustained the following casualties. The Kennet was not materially damaged. Killed. John Armstrong, A.B., J 3996. P.O. David James, 183045. John James Ryan, A.B., SS 3609. Severely Wounded. Amos Arthur Barton, A.B., J 5016. Albert Edward Lane, A.B., 211520. Alfred Shute, Stoker, 1st Cl., K 8282. Slightly Wounded. Thomas John Alderman, A.B., J 5475. William Ambrose Bryant, Stoker, 1st Cl., K 8302. Sidney George East, Stoker, 1st Cl., K 7444. Allen Thomas Thurston, Chief Stoker, 284846, View And Download Original Document