Otto Marling Lund

Sir Otto Lund
Born	1891
Died	1956 (aged 64 or 65)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1911–1948
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Anti-Aircraft Command
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant General Sir Otto Marling Lund KCB DSO (1891–1956) was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command.

Military career

Lund was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1911.^[1]

He served in World War I, taking part in the retreat from Mons,^[2] and after the War became Aide-de-Camp to Lord Rawlinson.^[1] After tours with Eastern Command and Aldershot Command he became Brigade Major for 2nd Infantry Brigade in 1928.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[1] In 1944 he was made Director Royal Artillery at the War Office.^[1]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command in 1946; he retired in 1948.^[1]

He became Chief Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. ^ Letters by Lieut. Otto M. Lund, Royal Horse Artillery
3. ^ 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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Name	Lund, Otto Marling
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Date of birth	1891
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Date of death	1956
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