Complex sentence: The two regular battalions returned to the United Kingdom where they were amalgamated into a single 1st Battalion on 28 June 1948-this was part of a general reduction in the size of the infantry following Indian independence.
Split into simpler sentences: The two regular battalions both returned to the United Kingdom where they were amalgamated into a single 1st Battalion on 28 June 1948. This was part of a general reduction in the size of the infantry following Indian independence.