Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'oge na-adịghị anya ka nke ahụ gasịrị, Tippet hapụrụ Ireland. Ndị agha Dublin meriri ọtụtụ ndị na Hulluch, nke dị nso na Loos, a chọkwara ndị ga-anọchi ha ngwa ngwa. Na 14 Mee 1916, e zigara ya na France n'ịkwadebe maka mwakpo nke Somme, na-eje ozi na ntinye aka na 8th (Service) Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 48th Infantry Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division n'oge niile nke Somme. E depụtara Tippet n'etiti ndị ọrụ uweojii ndị sonyere na
Agha nke Ginchy site na 3 ruo 10 Septemba 1916. Na 6 Julaị 1917, e kenyere ya na Battalion nke 8 ma site na 9 Julaị a họpụtara ya Onye isi ndị ọrụ GSO3 nke ejikọtara na 1/1 Herts, 118th Infantry Brigade, 39th Division, na nkwadebe maka Agha nke Atọ nke Ypres ebe 118th Brigade hụrụ ihe. Onweghi ihe edere banyere ihe ndị agha ya mere n'agbanyeghi na, ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị, nwa ya nwoke dere na ọ lụrụ ọgụ nke ọma na Hansen na-ezo aka na ya dị ka dike agha. A kpọtụrụ ya aha na ozi na 7 Nọvemba 1917 maka obi ike na Passchendaele na site na Machị ruo Eprel 1918 o sonyere na Agha Mbụ nke Somme. Ngalaba nke 39 tara nnukwu ahụhụ na-enyere aka igbochi ndị German ịbanye n'ụsọ oké osimiri nke Tippet merụrụ ahụ n'isi site na shrapnel ma e mesịa nye ya obe ndị agha; onyinye enyere maka "omume ma ọ bụ omume nke ihe atụ n'oge arụmọrụ na-arụsi ọrụ ike megide onye iro", yana ihe nrite ndị a na-ahụkarị.