Francisco Ripo

Driver Francisco Ripo (or Ripa) was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1910, in West Ham, the son of Italian-born parents Dominco, a fruiter and green grocer, and Pepita Ripo (née Arpino).
Ripo died on 6 June 1944, on D-Day of Operation Overlord, while serving with 716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps. His unit had been delivered via sea and glider.716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, paradata.org.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Bayeux Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Ripo, Francisco, cwgc.org. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
Category:1910 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Italian descent
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Bayeux Memorial
Category:Drivers