Complex sentence: A week later the commander of the German destroyer Kapitänleutnant F. K. Paul, met the Commando commander Lieutenant Colonel Newman in a prisoner of war camp in Rennes bringing the action to his attention he suggested that the colonel might wish to recommend Durrant for a high award.
Split into simpler sentences: A week later the commander of the German destroyer, Kapitänleutnant F. K. Paul, met the Commando commander, Lieutenant Colonel Newman, in a prisoner of war camp in Rennes. Bringing the action to Newman's attention, Paul suggested that the colonel might wish to recommend Durrant for a high award.