Complex sentence: Shepherd was born in Cheshire and boarded at Blundell's School in Devon, Shepherd was 17 when his father was sent to Australia in 1953 to become chairman of Unilever.
Split into simpler sentences: Shepherd was born in Cheshire and boarded at Blundell's School in Devon. He was 17 when his father was sent to Australia in 1953 to become chairman of Unilever.