Original sentence: Lieutenant-General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie (12 July 1879 –  3 October 1964), GCMG, KCB, DSO was a British Army veteran of the Second Boer War, and First and Second World Wars
Edited sentence: Lieutenant-General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie GCMG, KCB, DSO (12 July 1879 – 3 October 1964) was a British Army veteran of the Second Boer War, and First and Second World Wars