Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nguva pfupi pashure pacho, Tippet akabva kuIreland. MaDublin akanga arohwa zvikuru paHulluch, pedyo neLoos, uye vaida kutsiviwa nokukurumidza. Musi wa14 Chivabvu 1916, akaendeswa kuFrance mukuvaka kuenda kuSomme kurwisa, achishanda pachisungo ku8th (Service) Bhatani Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 48th Infantry Brigade, 16th (Irish) Chikamu mukati meSomme mushandirapamwe. Tippet akanyorwa pakati pevakuru vakuru vakatora chikamu muHondo yeGinchy kubva musi wa3 kusvika 10 Gunyana 1916. Musi wa6 Chikunguru 1917 kubatana kwake ne8th Battalion kwakapera uye kubva musi wa9 Chikunguru akagadzwa Staff Captain GSO3 akabatanidzwa ne1 / 1 Herts, 118th Infantry Brigade, 39th Division, mukugadzirira Hondo yechitatu yeYpres uko 118th Brigade yakaona chiito. Hapana chinyorwa chiripo chezviito zvake zvechiuto kunyange zvazvo, makore akawanda gare gare, mwanakomana wake wokurera akanyora kuti akanga arwa noushingi uye Hansen anomuti gamba rehondo. Akataurwa mumashoko musi wa7 Mbudzi 1917 nokuda kwehutano paPasschendaele uye kubva muna March kusvika muna April 1918 akabatanidzwa mu
Hondo Dzokutanga dzeSomme. Chikamu che39th chakarasikirwa zvakanyanya mukubatsira kudzivirira maGerman kuti asapfuure kumahombekombe panguva iyo Tippet akatambura nekukuvara kwepfungwa kubva kune shrapnel uye akazopihwa Military Cross; mubairo wakapihwa "chiito kana zviito zvekuratidzira kushinga panguva yekushanda kunoshanda kurwisa muvengi", pamwe nemenduru dzeyakajairwa.