Otto Marling Lund

Sir Otto Lund
Major General Otto Marling Lund (right), with Henryk Strasburger, pictured here sometime in 1945.
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
Service number6783
UnitRoyal Artillery
CommandsAnti-Aircraft Command
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

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.

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] before becoming an assistant military secretary in April 1923.[4] After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1924 to 1925[5] 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[5] 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, after being replaced in his position by Meade Edward Dennis, he was made Director Royal Artillery at the War Office.[2][6]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command in 1946; he retired in 1948.[2] In the words of Richard Mead Lund, "played a key role in ensuring that the Royal Artillery met or exceeded all expectations."[7]

He became Chief Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade.[8]

Personal life

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lt.-Gen. Sir Otto Lund". The Times. 17 August 1956. p. 11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ Letters by Lieut. Otto M. Lund, Royal Horse Artillery
  4. ^ "No. 32811". The London Gazette. 3 April 1923. p. 2512.
  5. ^ a b Smart 2005, p. 197.
  6. ^ Mead 2007, p. 267.
  7. ^ Mead 2007, p. 266.
  8. ^ St John Ambulance Cadet Competitions

Bibliography

  • Mead, Richard (2007). Churchill's Lions: a biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II. Stroud (UK): Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0.
  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC-in-C Anti-Aircraft Command
1946–1948 		Succeeded by