Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure peSandhurst, Alfred Tippinge akanga ari mucherechedzi wechi68th regiment muna 1838. Akasimuka mumatanho salieutenant muna 1843, kaputeni muna 1847, uye brevet major muna 1854, akabva aendeswa kuGrenadier Guards. Akava kaputeni uye lieutenant colonel muna 1858. "Akashumira nokusiyanisa" muminda mina yeCrimean campaign:
Alma, Balaclava, Sebastapol naInkerman. Akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa paInkerman, uye "akasiiwa kuti afe pamunda... kwemaawa makumi maviri nemana" asati aponeswa. Pashure pokurwisa muna 1854 akagamuchira "menduru yeCrimea ine zvipfigiso zvina, Knighthood [kana kuti Chevalier] yeLegion of Honour, kirasi yechishanu yeMedjidie, uye menduru yeTurkey". "Hampshire Advertiser" yakamudana kuti "gamba raInkerman", ndokuti, "Akamborondedzerwa somumwe wavarume vakashinga zvikurusa mukuita vakambozivikanwa". Tippinge akarega basa muuto muna 1858.