[5] In November 1891 Doran was appointed to a staff position overseeing musketry standards in the Bengal Army, transferring to the Punjab to take up the same post in 1895.
He commanded the garrison at Rustenburg in early 1900, for which he was promoted in January 1901 to the local rank of lieutenant colonel while in his position,[7] and later oversaw the remount depot at Cape Town.
[3] For his services during the war, he received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel on 29 November 1900, was twice mentioned in despatches, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
[10] He returned to a field position in May 1912, when he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general[11] and appointed to command the 8th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division, a Regular unit on home service.
[5] Doran was in command of the 8th Brigade when the First World War broke out in August 1914, and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was mobilised for service.
[3] He lived in Wexford through his retirement, at Ely House; during the unrest leading up to the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, in May 1922, he was arrested and beaten by men rumoured to represent the Provisional Government.