Ka cika wannan magana: Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Tippet ya bar Ireland. Dublins sun sha wahala sosai a Hulluch, kusa da Loos, kuma ana buƙatar maye gurbin gaggawa. A ranar 14 ga Mayu, 1916, an tura shi zuwa Faransa a cikin ginin da aka yi wa Somme, yana aiki a haɗe da 8th (Service) Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 48th Infantry Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division a duk lokacin yakin Somme. Tippet yana cikin jerin jami'an da suka halarci yakin Ginchy daga 3 zuwa 10 Satumba 1916. A ranar 6 ga watan Yulin 1917, an sanya shi ga Bataliya ta 8 kuma daga ranar 9 ga watan Yuli an nada shi Kyaftin GSO3 wanda aka sanya shi ga 1/1 Herts, 118th Infantry Brigade, 39th Division, a shirye-shiryen Yaƙin Ypres na Uku inda Brigade na 118 ya ga aikin. Babu wani rikodin ayyukansa na soja kodayake, shekaru da yawa daga baya, ɗansa ya rubuta cewa ya yi yaƙi da ƙarfin hali kuma Hansen ya ambace shi a matsayin gwarzo na yaƙi. An ambaci shi a cikin sakonni a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba 1917 don ƙarfin hali a Passchendaele kuma daga Maris zuwa Afrilu 1918 ya shiga cikin
Yaƙe-yaƙe na farko na Somme. Rukunin na 39 ya yi asara mai yawa wajen taimakawa wajen hana Jamusawa daga kutsawa zuwa gabar teku yayin da Tippet ya sami rauni a kai daga shrapnel kuma daga baya aka ba shi Gicciye na Soja; lambar yabo da aka bayar don "aiki ko ayyukan misali na ƙarfin hali yayin ayyukan aiki a kan abokan gaba", tare da lambobin kamfen na yau da kullun.