Hi Sheena Theatre of War was a general area rather than a specific place There is a listing here for the WW1 medal cards http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp You will also find the place of death on WW1 soldiers death certificates is the theatre of War rather than the place itself, such as France & Flanders Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Can anyone tell me why the "Theatre of War" on my great-uncle's death > record > was given as "Egypt" when he is buried in the cemetery at Jerusalem? Was > "Egypt" simply a blanket term for the conflict in that part of the world? > (I would find that far more credible than the idea that they carted bodies > a > few hundred miles for burial.) > Best wishes, > Sheena Ireland