Brigadier General Walter Robert Butler Doran, CB, DSO (15 December 1861 – 6 February 1945) was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction in the Second Boer War, commanding an infantry battalion.
[4] 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.
[12][13] In April 1912, after being promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general, he assumed command of the 6th Division's 17th Infantry Brigade.
[14] Doran took command of the 17th Infantry Brigade, which included his previous regiment as part of its order of battle.
[15][16] Doran later briefly commanded the 88th Infantry Brigade and was later awarded the Military Order of Savoy on 12 September 1919 by the then Kingdom of Italy.