Otto Marling Lund

Lieutenant-General Sir Otto Marling Lund KCB DSO (28 November 1891 – 15 August 1956) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Anti-Aircraft Command.

Sir Otto Lund
Born28 November 1891
Lambeth, London, England
Died15 August 1956(1956-08-15) (aged 64)[1]
Kensington, London, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1911–1948
RankLieutenant-General
UnitRoyal Artillery
Commands heldAnti-Aircraft Command
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Lund was educated at Winchester College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich before being commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1911.[1][2]

He served in World War I, taking part in the retreat from Mons,[3] and after the War became Aide-de-Camp to Lord Rawlinson.[2] After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1924 to 1925 and tours with Eastern Command and Aldershot Command he became brigade major for the 2nd Infantry Brigade in 1928.[2] In 1931 he joined the General Staff at the Staff College, Camberley and in 1934 he became Military Assistant to Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff at the War Office, where he remained as a General Staff Officer until the start of the War.[2]

In World War II he was briefly Deputy Director of Operations at the War Office before becoming Major General Royal Artillery for the Home Forces and then Major General Royal Artillery for 21st Army Group.[2] In 1944 he was made Director Royal Artillery at the War Office.[2]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command in 1946; he retired in 1948.[2]

He became Chief Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade.[4]

Personal life

Lund married Margaret Phyllis Frances Harrison and they had one son and one daughter. He died in London, aged 64.[1]

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References
  1. "Lt.-Gen. Sir Otto Lund". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 17 August 1956. p. 11.
  2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. Letters by Lieut. Otto M. Lund, Royal Horse Artillery
  4. St John Ambulance Cadet Competitions
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William Green		 GOC-in-C Anti-Aircraft Command
1946–1948		 Succeeded by
Sir Ivor Thomas
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