Otto Lund
Sir Otto Marling Lund, was a senior British Army officer who served as officer commanding|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.Lund served in the First World War, taking part in the retreat from Mons, and after the war became aide-de-camp to Lord Rawlinson, before becoming an assistant military secretary in April 1923. 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. 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 outbreak of the Second World War.
Lund 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. In 1944, after being replaced in his position by Meade Edward Dennis, he was made Director Royal Artillery at the War Office. He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command in 1946; he retired in 1948. In the words of Richard Mead, Lund "played a key role in ensuring that the Royal Artillery met or exceeded all expectations."
He became Chief Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade.