Whakamahia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri tata mai, ka wehe atu a Tippet i Ireland. He nui nga mate i pa ki nga Dublin i Hulluch, tata ki Loos, a he tino hiahia nga whakakapi. I te 14 o Mei 1916, i tukuna ia ki Parani i te hanganga o te whakaeke o Somme, e mahi ana i runga i te whakaurunga ki te 8th (Service) Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 48th Infantry Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division puta noa i te pakanga o Somme. I whakarārangitia a Tippet i roto i nga rangatira i uru ki te Pakanga o Ginchy mai i te 3 ki te 10 o Hepetema 1916. I te 6 o Hurae 1917 ka mutu tana whakaurunga ki te 8th Battalion, ana mai i te 9 o Hurae ka tohua ia hei Kaihauturu Kaihauturu GSO3 i whakauruhia ki te 1/1 Herts, 118th Infantry Brigade, 39th Division, hei whakarite mo te Pakanga Tuatoru o Ypres i kite ai te 118th Brigade i te mahi. Kaore he rekoata o ana mahi hoia ahakoa, he maha nga tau i muri mai, i tuhia e tana tama-whanau kua whawhai ia ki te toa, a ka kiia e Hansen he toa pakanga ia. I whakahuatia ia i roto i nga karere i te 7 o Noema 1917 mo te toa i Passchendaele a mai i te Maehe ki te Paenga-whawha 1918 i uru ia ki te
Ngā Pakanga Tuatahi o te Somme. I mate te wehenga 39 i te awhina ki te aukati i nga Tiamana ki te pakaru ki te takutai i te wa i whara ai a Tippet i te matenga mai i nga waahanga ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Karauna o te Rererangi; he tohu i whakawhiwhia mo "he mahi, he mahi whakamiharo ranei i te wa o nga mahi kaha ki te hoariri", me nga tohu pakanga paerewa.