Original sentence: During the war, the British Royal Family, under George V, dissolved ties with its German branches and changed its name from the German-sounding House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the decidedly British House of Windsor.On a military level, the country's armed forces were reorganised—the war marked the creation of the Royal Air Force, for example—and increased in size because of the introduction of forced conscription for the first time in the history of the country; though some men, particularly Quakers, did object to this.The United Kingdom during World War I (1914–1918) was on the side of the Allied Powers ("Allies"), and developed as a nation throughout the war in order to further its goal of defeating Germany and the other Central Powers
Edited sentence: During the war, the British Royal Family, under George V, dissolved ties with its German relatives and changed its name from the German-sounding House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the decidedly British House of Windsor.On a military level, the country's armed forces were reorganised—the war marked the creation of the Royal Air Force, for example—and increased in size because of the introduction of forced conscription for the first time in the countries history; though some men, particularly Quakers, did object to this.The United Kingdom was one of the Allied Powers during World War I (1914–1918), and developed as a nation throughout the war in order to further its goal of defeating Germany and the other Central Powers