1WW DEVONSHIRE RGIMENT MEN EMPLOYED IN FORESTRY

1WW DEVONSHIRE RGIMENT MEN EMPLOYED IN FORESTRY

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‘Devon Knuts in the Forest’ - Devonshire Regiment men employed in forestry. Knuts derives from the chorus of a 1914 Music Hall song ‘Gilbert the Filbert’. I'm Gilbert, the Filbert, the knut with a "K", The pride of Piccadilly, the blase roue. Oh, Hades! The ladies who leave their wooden huts For Gilbert, the Filbert, the Colonel of the Knuts