Otto Marling Lund

Sir Otto Lund
Major General Otto Marling Lund (right), with Henryk Strasburger, pictured here sometime in 1945.
Born	28 November 1891 Lambeth, London, England
Died	15 August 1956(1956-08-15) (aged 64)[1] Kensington, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1911–1948
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Service number	6783
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands	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 (28 November 1891 – 15 August 1956) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Anti-Aircraft Command.

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^[4] 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^[4] 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][5]

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."^[6]

He became Chief Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade.^[7]

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

• 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.

• Record of visits to France and Belgium made by Lieutenant-General Sir Otto Marling Lund
• British Army Officers 1939−1945
• Generals of World War II