Complex sentence: Dick King-Smith grew up in the West Country, his father was Capt. Ronald King-Smith D.S.O., M.C., who ran several paper mills, and was educated at Beaudesert Park School and Marlborough College.
Split into simpler sentences: Dick King-Smith grew up in the West Country, his father was Capt. Ronald King-Smith D.S.O., M.C., who ran several paper mills. Dick was educated at Beaudesert Park School and Marlborough College.