Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Doran ya jagoranci Brigade na 8 lokacin da yakin duniya na farko ya barke a watan Agusta 1914, kuma an tura rundunar sojojin Birtaniya don yin aiki. Dan uwansa, Walter Robert Butler Doran, shi ma ya jagoranci rundunar Sojoji; 17th Infantry Brigade a cikin 6th Division. Ya ɗauki brigade zuwa Faransa kuma ya umurce shi ta hanyar janyewa daga Mons, yakin Marne da yakin farko na Aisne. A ranar 20 ga Oktoba, an kewaye ɗaya daga cikin rundunoninsa <unk> 2nd Royal Irish Regiment <unk> a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin La Bassée kuma an hallaka shi da kyau saboda rashin tallafi; a ranar 23 ga Oktoba, an sauke shi daga kwamandan Brigade na 8 kuma an aika da shi gida.