Complex sentence: He was knighted for his part in the Battle of Cape Matapan in the Mediterranean in March 1941 and was a survivor of the sinking of the battleship HMS "Barham" in November 1941.
Split into simpler sentences: He was knighted in 1941 for his part in the Battle of Cape Matapan in the Mediterranean. Pridham-Wippell was a survivor of the sinking of the battleship HMS "Barham" in November 1941.