Complex sentence: Pile's elder son, Frederick Devereux Pile (1915-2010), a Major in the Royal Tank Regiment, won the Military Cross during the British Army's advance into Germany in 1945.
Split into simpler sentences: Pile's elder son, Frederick Devereux Pile (1915-2010) served as a Major in the Royal Tank Regiment. He won the Military Cross during the British Army's advance into Germany in 1945.