Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension

Montecchio Precalcino is a town in the Province of Vicenza, 4 kilometres north of Dueville and 16.8 kilometres north of the town of Vicenza.

Between April 1918 and February 1919 those who died from wounds or disease in the 9th, 24th and 39th Casualty Clearing Stations were buried either here or at Dueville. Certain graves were brought in after the Armistice from other burial grounds in the area.

Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension contains 439 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, including the grave of James Ormerod (Grave Ref. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 6.), who died in September 1918, whilst serving in Italy with the 22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.

	025261 PRIVATE / F. BAILEY / ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS / 25TH OCTOBER 1918 / AGE 26 / ... (Grave Ref. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 9.) Frederick Bailey - "Son of Fredrick and Mary Ann Bailey, of Castle Street, Salisbury. The inscription of the original wooden cross erected by his comrades read, "from comrades of Nos. 62nd II Ordnance Workshops."" Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
	LIEUTENANT / W.J. CROCKETT / ROYAL AIR FORCE / 10TH SEPTEMBER 1918 / AGE 26 / DULCE ET DECORUM / EST PRO PATRIA MORI (Grave Ref. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 2.) Wallace John Crockett - "Son of Herbert George and Caroline Annie Crockett, of Salisbury and Great Durnford, Wiltshire. Previously served in the Artists' Rifles as private in 1914. Served in France 1915 to 1917." Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
	SECOND LIEUTENANT / J. ORMEROD / MANCHESTER REGIMENT / 27TH SEPTEMBER 1918 / AGE 27 (Grave Ref. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 6.)