Alexis Tendil
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Alexis Tendil (born August 12, 1896 in Teil, Ardèche, and died October 5, 2005 in Vans, Ardèche) was one of the last few surviving French veterans of World War I. He died in a hospital following a fall.
[edit] World War I
In October 1918 Tendil intercepted a message from the German High Command which informed the then Pope Benedict XV of the imminent intention of the German forces to capitulate.
He informed the French command of his discovery and a planned, massive offensive by the French army was postponed.
After the war, although returning to his ordinary job as an electrician, Tendil became something of a hero being rightly accredited, by his actions, with preventing the deaths of many more soldiers.
