Peter Oldham

Oldham was professionally a concrete technologist, spending 40 years testing and producing concrete materials and structures. He had a special interest in defence strategies and tactics of the First World War, ranging from the grand planning and organisation of defence schemes down to the parts played by the sappers who dug the trenches and the soldiers who manned them. His research also embraced the part played by permanent fortifications, and shell proof protection for the troops and services as well.