{{Use British English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox military person |name= John Arthur Tanner |image= John Arthur Tanner.png |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1858|02|27|df=yes}} |birth_place= Tidcombe, Wiltshire, England |death_date= {{death date and age|1917|07|23|1858|02|27|df=yes}} |death_place= France |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= British Army |service_years= 1875–1917 |rank= Brigadier-General |unit= |commands= |battles= Mahdist War<br/>Third Anglo-Burmese War<br/>Chitral Expedition<br/>First World War |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath<br/>Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George<br/>Distinguished Service Order<br/>Mentioned in Despatches (6) |relations= |other_work= }} Brigadier-General '''John Arthur Tanner''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (27 February 1858 – 23 July 1917) was a British Army officer.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue = 29608 | date = 2 June 1916 | page =5558 | pages = | supp = | display-supp = | nolink = | city = London | title = Chancery of the Order of St Michael & St George | quote = The KING has been graciously pleased TO give directions for the following appointments to the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, for services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field:Col. (temp. Brig.-Gen.) John Arthur Tanner, C.B., D.S.O. | mode = | postscript = }}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Tanner was born in Poulton, Gloucestershire, the son of John and Marion Tanner;<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/179589/john-arthur-tanner/ | title = Brigadier General John Arthur Tanner | last = | first = | date = | website = cwgc.org | publisher = Commonwealth War Graves Commission | access-date = 29 December 2024 | quote = }}</ref> and grandson of the MP Charles Townshend Murdoch.<ref name="Times">{{cite news | last = | first = | date = 26 July 1917 | title = Fallen officers General J.A. Tanner killed | url = https://www.thetimes.com/tto/archive/article/1917-07-26/9/11.html#start%3D1917-07-23%26end%3D1917-07-27%26terms%3Dtanner%26back%3D/tto/archive/find/tanner/w:1917-07-23%7E1917-07-27/1%26next%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/tanner/w:1917-07-23%7E1917-07-27/2 | url-status = | work = The Times | location = London | archive-url = | archive-date = | access-date = 29 December 2024 }}</ref> He was educated at Cheltenham College and Sandhurst.<ref name="IWM">{{Cite web | url = https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4353456 | title = Life Story John Arthur Tanner | last = | first = | date = | website = Lives of the First World War | publisher = Imperial War Museum | access-date = 29 December 2024 | quote = }}</ref>
==Career==
=== 1877 - 1913=== Tanner entered the army in 1877. He served in the Mahsud Waziri, Mahdist and Chitral campaigns. He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1906; served on the General Staff India from 1910 to 1913 and officially retired in January 1914.
===Recalled 1914===
Tanner was recalled later in 1914.<ref name=Times/> Tanner was killed in 1917 by a German shell in France, whilst serving as chief engineer, VII Corps.
==Personal life==
In 1914 the announcement of an engagement between Tanner and Miss Gladys Murdoch was announced in The Times.<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | date = 9 February 1914 | title = Engagements | url = | work = The Times | location = London | access-date = | quote = Colonel J A Tanner and Miss Murdoch: An engagement is announced between Colonel John Arthur Tanner CB DSO son of the late J Tanner of Poulton, Marlborough and Miss Murdoch daughter of Mt C T Murdoch MP and Mrs Murdoch of Buckhurst Wokingham }}</ref> They married in 1916.<ref name=IWM/> In 1921 she married Major General Sir William Liddell.<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | date = 22 November 1949 | title = Maj. General Sir W. Liddell | url = | work = The Times | location = London | access-date = | quote = He married secondly in 1921 Helen Gladys daughter of Mr C.T. Murdoch and widow of Brigadier J.A. Tanner }}</ref>
==See also== * List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World War
==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Frank |title=Bloody Red Tabs – General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914–1918 |last2=Maddocks |first2=Graham |publisher=Leo Cooper |year=1995 |location=London}}
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