Desmond Doran
Desmond Doran | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 April 1913 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 9 September 1946 (aged 33) Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Rank | Major |
| Service number | 274197 |
| Unit | Intelligence Corps |
| Battles / wars | Second World War Palestine Emergency |
| Relations | Brigadier General Walter Doran (father) General Sir John Doran (grandfather) |
John Desmond Beauchamp Doran (6 April 1913 – 9 September 1946) was a British Army Intelligence Officer who started his career in intelligence in the Secret Intelligence Service. He spent most of his career in the Middle East during the Second World War and the troubles that followed in the British Mandatory Palestine. Doran's family were a long established military family with roots in County Wexford, Ireland. His father, Walter Doran, was a senior British Army officer, as were his uncles and grandfather.