Gerard Oram

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Gerard ("Gerry") Oram is a British cultural and social historian, with a particular interest in the First World War. [1]

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Life

He was a researcher at the University of Birmingham and a lecturer the Open University, before going on to teach at University of Swansea until 2025. He lectures at Swansea University teaching on a number of modules including Nazi Occupied Europe and the First World War. Oram also lectured at Cardiff University where he taught the War, Liberation and Reconstruction: Europe 1939-51 module. His seminal book, Death Sentences passed by military courts of the British Army 1914–1924, is on the recommended reading lists of the National Archives [2] and the Imperial War Museum. [3]

He is quoted in the British national press on the subject; and he was quoted as a source for an Irish government inquiry into treatment of Irish soldiers. [4] [5]

Notes and references

  1. 'Francis Bootle Publishers Brief profile Archived 2007-05-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 8 December 2007.
  2. National Archives' Library Bibliography: Research Guide Retrieved: 8 December 2007
  3. Imperial War Museum (27 February 2003). "Imperial War Museum Department of Printed Books Recommended Reading List (No. 359): Shell shock – First World War: Reading List 359]" (PDF). archive.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. The Sunday Times "Shot for being Irish?" November 14 2004 [ dead link ] Retrieved: 8 December 2007.
  5. Republic of Ireland: Department of Foreign Affairs Shot at Dawn report Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 11 December 2007.

Published works include