Alexis Tendil
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Alexis Tendil (12 August 1896, Le Teil, Ardèche – 5 October 2005) was, at age 109, one of the last few surviving French veterans of the First World War.{{Cite web |title=France, derniers poilus de la Guerre 14-18 |url=http://dersdesders.free.fr/france.html |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=dersdesders.free.fr}} He died in a hospital following a fall.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
World War I
In October 1918 Tendil intercepted a message from the Germany High Command which informed the then-Pope Benedict XV of the imminent intention of the German forces to capitulate.{{Cite web |last=Durand |first=Jacky |title=Le "titi-tata" qui mit fin à la guerre. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/histoires/2001/08/24/le-titi-tata-qui-mit-fin-a-la-guerre_374987/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Libération |language=fr}}
He informed the French command of his discovery and a planned, massive offensive by the French army was postponed.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
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.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
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Category:French men centenarians
Category:French military personnel of World War I
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