TASK DEFINITION: Classify the relation of question with context to one of these categories: 1) award received, 2) based on, collection, 3) conflict, 4) constellation, 5) convicted of, 6) date of death, 7) director, 8) drafted by, 9) educated at, 10) medical condition, 11) military branch, 12) narrative location, 13) occupation, 14) original network, 15) parent company, 16) point in time, 17) production company, 18) residence, 19) series, 20) service entry, 21) sex or gender, 22) spouse, 23) standards body question.
PROBLEM: Context : Herbert Lumsden was born in the United Kingdom at Clanfield, Oxfordshire, England on 8 April 1897, the son of John Lumsden. 
Question : What military branch was Herbert Lumsden associated with?

SOLUTION: military branch

PROBLEM: Context : James Mitchell Varnum was born in Dracut, Massachusetts. 
Question : What military organization did James Mitchell Varnum belong to?

SOLUTION: military branch

PROBLEM: Context : Joshua James Guppey (August 27, 1820 -- December 8, 1893) was a military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, judge, school superintendent and politician. 
Question : What was the war that Joshua James Guppey fought in?

SOLUTION:
conflict