Complex sentence: Following his heroics, it was revealed that he was underage to be at sea and returned home to North Shields where in 1945 he died from injuries sustained while rescuing his sister Maureen from a house fire in South Shields whilst on leave from HMS Belfast.
Split into simpler sentences: Following his heroics, it was revealed that he was underage to be at sea and returned home to North Shields. In 1945 he died from injuries sustained while rescuing his sister Maureen from a house fire in South Shields whilst on leave from HMS Belfast.