Member of the French Resistance
At the age of nineteen Moutardier began his employment with Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (or P.T.T.) in France. During the early years of the Second World War he had risen to the position of departmental director in Lille and them for the North of France and them finally in Amiens in the Somme. In early 1943 Moutardier began his collaboration with the Résistance PTT (PTT Resistance) as well as the Libération-Nord resistance both of which worked together to disrupt the Nazi occupation in France. Moutardier specifically used his longtime knowledge and expertise in telecommunications to spy on the Nazis and relay this information to the Allies. Among the most important information Moutardier relays to the Allies are locations of the infamous and dreaded V1 rocket locations. Long suspected of being part of the French resistance Moutardier was arrested on March 8, 1944 by the Germans and was imprisoned. Moutardier was moved as a prisoner to the ancient fort Citadelle d’Amiens on June 28, 1944 and eight days later he was sentenced to death being shot in a ditch on July 8, 1944 by Nazis guards. His body was never recovered.
After the war ended, he was honored with a street being named for him in Saint-Honoré district of Amiens in April 1949 and in April 1959 he was again honored by the France postal service with a stamp which is still in use.
At the age of nineteen Moutardier began his employment with Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (or P.T.T.) in France. During the early years of the Second World War he had risen to the position of departmental director in Lille and them for the North of France and them finally in Amiens in the Somme. In early 1943 Moutardier began his collaboration with the Résistance PTT (PTT Resistance) as well as the Libération-Nord resistance both of which worked together to disrupt the Nazi occupation in France. Moutardier specifically used his longtime knowledge and expertise in telecommunications to spy on the Nazis and relay this information to the Allies. Among the most important information Moutardier relays to the Allies are locations of the infamous and dreaded V1 rocket locations. Long suspected of being part of the French resistance Moutardier was arrested on March 8, 1944 by the Germans and was imprisoned. Moutardier was moved as a prisoner to the ancient fort Citadelle d’Amiens on June 28, 1944 and eight days later he was sentenced to death being shot in a ditch on July 8, 1944 by Nazis guards. His body was never recovered.
After the war ended, he was honored with a street being named for him in Saint-Honoré district of Amiens in April 1949 and in April 1959 he was again honored by the France postal service with a stamp which is still in use.
Member of the French Resistance
At the age of nineteen Moutardier began his employment with Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (or P.T.T.) in France. During the early years of the Second World War he had risen to the position of departmental director in Lille and them for the North of France and them finally in Amiens in the Somme. In early 1943 Moutardier began his collaboration with the Résistance PTT (PTT Resistance) as well as the Libération-Nord resistance both of which worked together to disrupt the Nazi occupation in France. Moutardier specifically used his longtime knowledge and expertise in telecommunications to spy on the Nazis and relay this information to the Allies. Among the most important information Moutardier relays to the Allies are locations of the infamous and dreaded V1 rocket locations. Long suspected of being part of the French resistance Moutardier was arrested on March 8, 1944 by the Germans and was imprisoned. Moutardier was moved as a prisoner to the ancient fort Citadelle d’Amiens on June 28, 1944 and eight days later he was sentenced to death being shot in a ditch on July 8, 1944 by Nazis guards. His body was never recovered.
After the war ended, he was honored with a street being named for him in Saint-Honoré district of Amiens in April 1949 and in April 1959 he was again honored by the France postal service with a stamp which is still in use.
At the age of nineteen Moutardier began his employment with Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (or P.T.T.) in France. During the early years of the Second World War he had risen to the position of departmental director in Lille and them for the North of France and them finally in Amiens in the Somme. In early 1943 Moutardier began his collaboration with the Résistance PTT (PTT Resistance) as well as the Libération-Nord resistance both of which worked together to disrupt the Nazi occupation in France. Moutardier specifically used his longtime knowledge and expertise in telecommunications to spy on the Nazis and relay this information to the Allies. Among the most important information Moutardier relays to the Allies are locations of the infamous and dreaded V1 rocket locations. Long suspected of being part of the French resistance Moutardier was arrested on March 8, 1944 by the Germans and was imprisoned. Moutardier was moved as a prisoner to the ancient fort Citadelle d’Amiens on June 28, 1944 and eight days later he was sentenced to death being shot in a ditch on July 8, 1944 by Nazis guards. His body was never recovered.
After the war ended, he was honored with a street being named for him in Saint-Honoré district of Amiens in April 1949 and in April 1959 he was again honored by the France postal service with a stamp which is still in use.
Gravesite Details
Buried in the ditches of the Citadelle d’Amiens where he was executed (shot to death).
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