Complex sentence: Astley was born in Warrington, Lancashire to Lawrence Astley and Mary Alice Pester, he served in the Second World War as a musician in the Royal Army Service Corps band playing saxophone and clarinet for the troops.
Split into simpler sentences: Astley was born in Warrington, Lancashire to Lawrence Astley and Mary Alice Pester. He served in the Second World War as a musician in the Royal Army Service Corps band playing saxophone and clarinet for the troops.