Complex sentence: He returned to the Middle East in April 1951, as commander of RAF Shaibah during the Abadan Crisis, for which he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours.
Split into simpler sentences: He returned to the Middle East in April 1951, as commander of RAF Shaibah during the Abadan Crisis. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours.