Complex sentence: Vivian White was born in Sutton in 1946 and brought up in London until his father, a civil servant at the War Office, was posted to Duesseldorf in West Germany, and later to Paris.
Split into simpler sentences: Vivian White was born in Sutton in 1946 and brought up in London. He moved abroad when his father, a civil servant at the War Office, was posted to Duesseldorf in West Germany, and later to Paris.