Complex sentence: Stockham, like many other officers who served in the battle, was unable to find a ship for future service, and so retired to Exeter a few years later, where he lived peacefully until his death in 1814.
Split into simpler sentences: Stockham, like many other officers who served in the battle, was unable to find a ship for future service. He retired to Exeter a few years later, where he lived peacefully until his death in 1814.