Editing Special Operations Executive (section)

===Baker Street===
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[[File:Beaulieu SOE Memorial.jpg|thumb|SOE memorial plaque in the cloister of [[Beaulieu Abbey]], Hampshire, unveiled by Major General Gubbins in April 1969]]

After working from temporary offices in Central London, the headquarters of SOE was moved on 31 October 1940 into [[64 Baker Street]] (hence the nickname ''"the [[Baker Street Irregulars]]"''). Ultimately, SOE occupied much of the western side of Baker Street. "Baker Street" became the euphemistic [[synecdoche]] of referring to SOE. The precise nature of the buildings remained concealed; it had no entry in the telephone directories, and correspondence to external bodies bore service addresses; MO1 (SP) (a War Office branch), NID(Q) (Admiralty), AI10 (Air Ministry), or other fictitious bodies or civilian companies.{{Sfn|Foot|2004|p=22}}

SOE maintained a large number of training, research and development or administrative centres. It was a joke that ''"SOE"'' stood for ''"Stately 'omes of England"'', after the large number of country houses and estates it requisitioned and used.