Complex sentence: Born to James Harris of Wittersham, Kent, William, at age fourteen, entered Addiscombe College, a military college near London and two years later, in December 1823, joined the East India Company as second lieutenant in Engineers, Bombay Establishment.
Split into simpler sentences: Born to James Harris of Wittersham, Kent, William, at age fourteen, entered Addiscombe College, a military college near London. Two years later, in December 1823, he joined the East India Company as second lieutenant in Engineers, Bombay Establishment.