Complex sentence: Hore-Ruthven was Temporary Major when he died in Misurata Italian Hospital in Libya on the 24th of December 1942 after having been severely wounded in a raid on a fuel dump near Tripoli.
Split into simpler sentences: Hore-Ruthven was Temporary Major when he died in Misurata Italian Hospital in Libya on the 24th of December 1942. He had been severely wounded in a raid on a fuel dump near Tripoli.