L. H. Branson

[1] Educated at Bedford School, between 1890 and 1895, Lionel Branson was commissioned a second lieutenant from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, into the Royal Munster Fusiliers on 11 February 1899 and was promoted lieutenant 15 September 1900.

He transferred from the 2nd battalion the Royal Munster Fusiliers to the British Indian Army on 17 February 1901, joining the 9th Bombay Infantry.

He served with the 9th Bombay Infantry during the Waziristan operations of 1901-02 on the North West Frontier and was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 8 August 1902).

He was promoted captain on 11 February 1908 and made a company commander on 1 October 1910.

He wrote that mediumship was the result of conjurer tricks and fraudulent phenomena.