Gerard Oram Explained

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

Life

He was a researcher at the University of Birmingham and the University of Swansea, before going on to teach at the Open University. 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]}

Published works include

• Oram, Gerard, Death Sentences passed by military courts of the British Army 1914–1924, (UK: Francis Boutle Publishers, 1999)
• Oram, Gerard, Worthless Men: Race, eugenics and the death penalty in the British Army during the First World War, (UK: Francis Boutle Publishers, 1999)
• Oram, Gerard, "The Greatest Efficiency: British and American Military Law 1866–1918" (Chap. 9) Comparative Histories of Crime, B. Godfrey, C. Emsley and G. Dunstall (eds). (Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing. 2002)
• Oram, Gerard, Conflict and Legality: Policing Mid-Twentieth Century Europe (London: Francis Boutle, 2003)
• Oram, Gerard, Military Executions during World War 1 (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2003).
• Oram, Gerard,‘“The administration of discipline by the English is very rigid”: British Military Law and the Death Penalty (1868–1918)’ in Crime, Histoire et Sociétés/Crime, History and Societies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2001, pp. 93-110.
• Oram, Gerard,‘Pious Perjury: Morale and Discipline in the British Force in Italy 1917-18’ in War in History, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2002, pp. 412–430.
• Oram, Gerard, ‘Britain - Post First World War Mutinies and Revolutionary Threats’ in Kelly, J. et al. (eds) The International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, 12 volumes (Blackwell Publishing, 2009)
• Oram, Gerard, ‘Armee, Stat, Büger und Wehrpflicht. Die britische Miltärjustiz bis nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg’ in Peter Pirker/Florian Wenninger (Ed.): Wehrmachtsjustiz. Kontext - Praxis - Nachwirkungen, Wien (Braumüller Verlag, 2011) pp. 186–203.

Notes and References

1. 'Francis Bootle Publishers Brief profile Retrieved: 8 December 2007.
2. http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Research_Guide:_British_Army_Soldiers'_Papers:_First_World_War%2C_1914-1918 National Archives' Library Bibliography: Research Guide
3. Web site: Imperial War Museum Department of Printed Books Recommended Reading List (No. 359): Shell shock – First World War: Reading List 359 ]. Imperial War Museum . Imperial War Museum . 27 February 2003 . archive.iwm.org.uk . 4 April 2013.
4. The Sunday Times "Shot for being Irish?" November 14 2004 Retrieved: 8 December 2007.
5. Republic of Ireland: Department of Foreign Affairs Shot at Dawn report Retrieved: 11 December 2007.