Otto Marling Lund
Otto Marling Lund , KCB , DSO (born November 28, 1891 in Lambeth , London ; † August 15, 1956 in Kensington , London) was a British Lieutenant General in the British Army , who last between 1946 and 1948 was Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Command (Anti- Aircraft Command) was.
Life
Otto Marling Lund, son of Albert Lund, began after the visit of the prestigious 1382 founded Winchester College officer training at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and was after its completion in 1911 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Royal Artillery of the British Army adopted. For his military services in World War I , he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1917 . After attending Staff College Camberley from 1924 to 1925, he found numerous uses as an officer and staff officer. On January 1, 1931 he was awarded the brevet rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) and he was in the following period between September 30, 1931 and January 15, 1934 even an instructor at Staff College Camberley. He was then from January 16, 1934 to January 13, 1936 Military Assistant to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff , Field Marshal Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd , and then between 1936 and 1937 commander of the 10th Field Brigade (Royal Artillery) . On 1 October 1937 he was appointed Colonel (Colonel) transported, said transport was backdated to 1 January 1934 and served then from 1 October 1937 to 21 May 1939 as First General Staff Officer in the Ministry of War ( War Office ) . During this use he was awarded the temporary rank of Brigadier General (Temporary Brigadier) on May 22, 1939 .
After the beginning of the Second World War Lund was between September 17, 1939 and November 10, 1940 deputy head of the Department of Military Operations in the War Office (Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office) . He was then on November 11, 1940 as Acting Major-General Chief of the artillery units of the Home Forces (Major-General Royal Artillery, Home Forces) and held this position until 1944. In this role he was on February 21, 1941 for major General (major-General) promoted, whereby this transport was backdated to 30 October 1940th In 1942 he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). In the further course of the war he was briefly head of the artillery units of the 21st Army Group (Major-General Royal Artillery, 21st Army Group ) in 1944 and then from February 15, 1944 to May 1946, Head of the Artillery Department in the War Ministry (Director of Royal Artillery, War Office) .
After the end of the war, Otto Marling Lund became Acting Lieutenant-General on May 1, 1946, and replaced Lieutenant General William Wyndham Green as General Officer Commanding in Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command on May 1, 1946 . He remained in this post until his replacement by Lieutenant General Gwilym Ivor Thomas in May 1948 and retired on June 30, 1948. On April 23, 1947, he was appointed Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) promoted, this promotion was backdated to 31 May 1944th On June 10, 1948, he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". His marriage to Margaret Phyllis Frances Harrison in 1922 had a son.
Web links
- Entry in Generals of World War II
- Lund, Lieut-General Sir Otto Marling in Who's Who (top of the online version)
- SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860
Individual evidence
- ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 28
- ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 57
- ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 110
- ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES in Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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| SURNAME | Lund, Otto Marling |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Lieutenant General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lambeth , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 1956 |
| Place of death | Lambeth , London |