Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi - Ko Doran te rangatira o te 8th Brigade i te tīmatanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao i te marama o Akuhata 1914, ā, i whakahoutia te British Expeditionary Force mō te mahi. Ko tana teina, ko Walter Robert Butler Doran, i whakahau hoki i tetahi parirau o te Expeditionary Force; 17th Infantry Brigade i te 6th Division. I mauria e ia te piritiata ki Parani ka whakahau i a ia i roto i te Hokinga mai o Mons, te Pakanga o te Marne me te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Aisne. I te 20 o Oketopa, i karapotia tetahi o ana peihana <unk> te 2nd Royal Irish Regiment <unk> i te Pakanga o La Bassée
I te 23 o Oketopa, i whakawatea ia i te whakahau o te 8th Brigade ka tukuna ki te kainga.