Complex sentence: Sir Edward Bruce Hamley KCMG KCB (27 April 1824--12 August 1893), British general and military writer, youngest son of Vice-Admiral William Hamley, was born at Bodmin, Cornwall, and entered the Royal Artillery in 1843.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Edward Bruce Hamley KCMG KCB (27 April 1824--12 August 1893) was a British general and military writer. He was the youngest son of Vice-Admiral William Hamley, born at Bodmin, Cornwall, and entered the Royal Artillery in 1843.