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{{Short description|British Army general (1861–1945)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Walter Robert Butler Doran
| birth_date = 15 December 1861
| death_date = 6 February 1945 (aged 83)
| birth_place = Lahore, Bengal, India
| death_place = Down House, Redlynch, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
| image =
| caption =
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| serviceyears =
| rank = [[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier General]]
| branch = [[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|22px]] [[British Army]]/Infantry
| commands = [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)|2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment]] [[17th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|17th Infantry Brigade]]
| unit = [[Royal Irish Rifles]] [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)]] General Staff (various posts)
| battles = [[Anglo-Egyptian War|Anglo-Egyptian War 1882]] [[Mahdist War|Sudan Expedition, 1884-85]] [[Second Boer War]] [[First World War]]
| awards = [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] [[Military Order of Savoy]] [[Mentioned in Dispatches]]
| laterwork =
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[[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier General]] '''Walter Robert Butler Doran''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|DSO}} (15 December 1861 – 6 February 1945) was a highly decorated senior [[British Army]] officer who served with distinction in the [[Second Boer War]], commanding an infantry battalion. He was a brigade commander during the [[First World War]].

== Military career ==
William Doran was recorded as being at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] on 3 April 1881.<ref>The National Archives, 1881 Census for England and Wales</ref> He was commissioned as a [[Subaltern (military)|subaltern]] in Her Majesty's [[Royal Irish Rifles]] on 10 May 1882.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anglo Boer War|url=https://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=22_uw_0&p=14|website=www.angloboerwar.com|accessdate=3 June 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref> He deployed with his regiment to Egypt and took part in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War|Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882]] and later the [[Mahdist War|Sudan Expedition of 1884-85]]. In late November 1899 he took part in the operations leading to the defeat of the [[Abdallahi ibn Muhammad|Khalifa]], and for his services in the Sudan he received the brevet rank of [[Lieutenant-colonel (British Army)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 14 March 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27173| page=1710|date=13 March 1900}}</ref>

=== South Africa ===
Colonel Doran took part in the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]],<ref name="Archeo">{{Cite journal |last= |first= |date=1947 |title=Obituaries: Brigadier-General Walter Robert Butler Doran, C.B. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138638#page/147/mode/1up |journal=[[Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine]] |volume=51 |issue=182 |pages=121 |via=[[Biodiversity Heritage Library]]}}</ref> and afterwards served as General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, in 5th Division, part of the Irish Command. During his time on this staff he was made a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB) in the [[1910 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Goddard|first1=Edward Hungerford|title=The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine|date=1947|volume=51|page=121}}</ref>

From 8 April 1912 to 4 August 1914 he commanded the 2nd Battalion the [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)]].

=== First World War ===
Doran took command of [[17th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|17th Infantry Brigade]], which included his previous regiment as part of its order of battle. The brigade deployed to France as part of the [[6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|6th Infantry Division]] and the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|BEF]]. His brother [[Beauchamp Doran]] was also a Brigadier General, commanding the 8th Infantry Brigade at the same time.

He was awarded the [[Military Order of Savoy]] on 12 September 1919 by the then [[Kingdom of Italy]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=The London Gazette|date=12 Sep 1919|page=10744|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30895/supplement/10744/data.pdf|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref>

== Later life ==
Doran retired as a Honorary Brigadier on 4 March 1919.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Half Yearly Army List|date=January 1941|publisher=HMSO|location=London|page=1317}}</ref> The Dorans owned Down House, [[Redlynch, Wiltshire|Redlynch]], near Salisbury.<ref name="Archeo" /> The house still stands, although it is now reduced in size. Brigadier Doran died at Down House on 6 February 1945.<ref>England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916-2007</ref><ref name="Archeo" /> An obituary appeared in ''The Times'' on 9 February.<ref name="Archeo" />

== Family ==
Doran married Elsie Teichmann in 1911. The couple had one son: [[John Desmond Beauchamp Doran]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=The VC and DSO Index|journal=The Military Archive|volume=II|pages=265–266|url=http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II/files/assets/basic-html/page265.html}}</ref> (known as Desmond), who went on to join the Secret Intelligence Service<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jeffery|first1=Keith|title=MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949|date=2010|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9780747591832|page=689|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_bZZIVf5YxAC&q=%22Desmond+Doran%22+Palestine&pg=PA689|language=en}}</ref> and later the Intelligence Corps in [[World War II]]. Desmond Doran died in 1946 in Palestine during a Zionist terrorist attack on his house in Tel Aviv/Jaffa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jewish Agency Receives Warning That Its London Offices Will Be Blown Up|url=http://www.jta.org/1946/09/12/archive/jewish-agency-receives-warning-that-its-london-offices-will-be-blown-up|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref><ref>UK Commonwealth War Graves 1914-1921 and 1939-1947</ref> Elsie Doran died at Down House in 1966.<ref>England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916-2007</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1861 births]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War]]
[[Category:British Army generals of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Ulster Rifles officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Mahdist War]]
[[Category:Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Officers of the Military Order of Savoy]]
[[Category:British Army brigadiers]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]

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