Complex sentence: The League's President was always a distinguished soldier, eg Brigadier Sir Jackie Smythe VC MC MP and it was he, who in the early 1960s left the DCM League to start the VC and GC Association.
Split into simpler sentences: The League's President was always a distinguished soldier, eg Brigadier Sir Jackie Smythe VC MC MP. It was he, who in the early 1960s left the DCM League to start the VC and GC Association.