Northgate House, 38 London Street, Faringdon, Wiltshire

In August 1940 some of the Auxiliary Units HQ Officers moved out of London into temporary offices in Northgate House, 38 London Street, Faringdon. This was also the HQ of 1st Armoured Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps.

Orders were placed for men, material and all manner of equipment to be delivered to an as yet unknown destination. Meetings were held in The Crown public house nearby. Southern Command were processing requests for stores but as the GHQ Auxiliary Units was without the necessary establishment at this time, even transport was being borrowed from other units.