Brigadier-General John Arthur Tanner, (27 February 1858 â 23 July 1917) was a British Army officer.
Tanner was born in Poulton, Gloucestershire, the son of John and Marion Tanner; and grandson of the MP Charles Townshend Murdoch. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Sandhurst.
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.
Tanner was recalled later in 1914. Tanner was killed in 1917 by a German shell in France, whilst serving as chief engineer, VII Corps.
In 1914 the announcement of an engagement between Tanner and Miss Gladys Murdoch was announced in The Times. They married in 1916. In 1921 she married Major General Sir William Liddell.