Following the Italian Armistice in September 1943 , the 12th Cruiser Squadron , of which '' Sirius '' was part , landed troops of the British 1st Airborne Division at Taranto . The ship suffered bomb damage off the Greek island of Leros in October and Lees-Spalding was still serving when Sirius took part in the Normandy Landings in June 1944 before returning to the Mediterranean for the invasion of southern France in August . In January 1945 , Sirius helped to host the Anglo-American talks prior to the Yalta Conference , providing accommodation for the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and the US Secretary of State Edward Stettinius
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
Tim Lees-Spalding