| 词条 | Walter Robert Butler Doran |
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|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 |branch= British Army/Infantry |commands= 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment 17th Infantry Brigade |unit= Royal Irish Rifles Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) General Staff (various posts) |battles= Anglo-Egyptian War 1882 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= }} Brigadier General Walter Robert Butler Doran, {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|DSO}} (15 December 1861 – 6 February 1945) was a highly decorated and senior British Army officer who served with distinction in the Second Boer War commanding an infantry battalion, and was a brigade commander during the First World War. Military careerWilliam Doran was recorded as being at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 3 April 1881.[1] He was commissioned as a subaltern in Her Majesty's Royal Irish Rifles on 10 May 1882.[2] He deployed with his regiment to Egypt and took part in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and later the Sudan Expedition of 1884-85. In late November 1899 he took part in the operations leading to the defeat of the Khalifa, and for his services in the Sudan he received the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel on 14 March 1900.[3] South African serviceStaff DutiesColonel Doran served as General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, in 5th Division, part of the Irish Command. During his time on this staff he was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the Birthday Honours List of 1910.[4][5] Regimental commandFrom 8 April 1912 to 4 August 1914 he commanded the 2nd Battalion the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). First World War serviceDoran took command of 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 and the 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.[6] Later lifeDoran retired as a Honorary Brigadier on 4 March 1919.[7] The Dorans had "Down House" built in Redlynch, near Salisbury, which still stands although reduced in size. Brigadier Doran died at Down House on 6 February 1945.[8] FamilyDoran married Elsie Teichmann in 1911 and they had one child.[9] Their son John Desmond Beauchamp Doran (known as Desmond) would go on to join the Secret Intelligence Service[10] and later the Intelligence Corps in World War 2; he would die in 1946 in Palestine during a Zionist terrorist attack on his house in Tel Aviv/Jaffa.[11][12] Elsie Doran died at Down House in 1966.[13] Notes1. ^The National Archives, 1881 Census for England and Wales 2. ^{{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}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=27173| page=1710|date=13 March 1900}} 4. ^ The 1910 Birthday Honours for the British Empire, announced on 24 June 1910 5. ^{{cite journal|last1=Goddard|first1=Edward Hungerford|title=The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine|date=1947|volume=51|page=121}} 6. ^{{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}} 7. ^{{cite book|title=The Half Yearly Army List|date=January 1941|publisher=HMSO|location=London|page=1317}} 8. ^England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916-2007 9. ^{{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}} 10. ^{{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.co.uk/books?id=_bZZIVf5YxAC&pg=PA689&lpg=PA689&dq=%22Desmond+Doran%22+Palestine&source=bl&ots=zmRug2jxf3&sig=Oy-eiIS66tiDTKkzkVmOzbHtysU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1tuOLzKDUAhWqLsAKHddcApIQ6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=%22Desmond%20Doran%22%20Palestine&f=false|language=en}} 11. ^{{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}} 12. ^UK Commonwealth War Graves 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 13. ^England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916-2007 References
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