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Alfred Burne
Alfred Higgins Burne (1886–1959) was a soldier and military historian.〔A.H. Burne, (''The Battlefields of England'' ) ISBN 9781473819023.〕 He invented the concept of Inherent Military Probability; in battles and campaigns where there is some doubt over what action was taken, Burne believed that the action taken would be one which a trained staff officer of the twentieth century would take.
== Career ==
Alfred Burne was educated at Winchester School and RMA Woolwich, before being commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1906. He was awarded the DSO during the First World War and, during World War II, was Commandant of the 121st Officer Cadet Training Unit.〔 He retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel.〔The Times, 6 June 1959; ''Deaths''〕
He was Military Editor of Chambers Encyclopedia from 1938 to 1957 and became an authority on the history of land warfare.〔 He was a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.〔Alfred Burne, ‘Campbell, John Charles (1894–1942)’, rev. K. D. Reynolds, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004〕
Burne lived in Kensington and his funeral was held at St Mary Abbots there.〔
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