Complex sentence: Yorke commanded the 1st The Royal Dragoons and was severely wounded at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War: his leg was shattered and he was disabled for life.
Split into simpler sentences: Yorke commanded the 1st Royal Dragoons and was severely wounded at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War. His leg was shattered and he was disabled for life.