Complex sentence: Made an acting Colonel he was area commander for Sollum and later Benghazi, work which resulted in him being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in July 1941.
Split into simpler sentences: Made an acting Colonel he was area commander for Sollum and later Benghazi. This work resulted in him being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in July 1941.