Sgt. Pilot Harold Clinton COTNAM

1919 - 1941  (22 years)

• Name	Harold Clinton COTNAM
  Prefix	Sgt. Pilot
  Birth	13 Sep 1919	Pembroke Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1921	Pembroke Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Census-Household Member	1931	Pembroke Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Attestation Papers	9 Dec 1940	Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Gravestone	Greenwood, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada
  	WW II, Sgt. Pilot, R.C.A.F.
  Gravestone	Greenwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	WW II, Sgt. Pilot, R.C.A.F.
  	Address: Greenwood United Cemetery Westmeath Twp., Ontario
  WWII service	R77479 Unit: 52 Operational Training Unit, Fighter Command
  Death	31 Oct 1941	Washing Pool Hill, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Burial	Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
  	Address: Canford Cemetery and Crematorium Westbury-on-Trym England
  Person ID	I93907795	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	William James COTNAM,   b. 30 Jul 1887, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 27 May 1970, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Minnie Ethel JACKSON,   b. 6 Aug 1885, Chalk River, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Nov 1975, Deep River, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1916	Perretton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Family ID	F15921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Cotnam, Sgt. (Pilot) Harold Clinton photo found on the website https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2450669
  		Pembroke War Memorial dedicated to WWII - right section photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022
  		Pembroke Collegiate Institute WWII Honour Roll Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village Photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 28, 2022
  		Greenwood United Church WWII Honour Roll Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Greenwood United Church Tablet dedicated to casualties of WWII soldiers, Greenwood, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett

  
  

  Documents		Cotnam, Sgt. Pilot Harold Clinton death Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum
  		Cotnam, Sgt. (Pilot) Harold Clinton obituary The Ottawa Journal, Nov 3, 1941 p. 19

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Cotnam, William & Eleanor nee Smyth; son Sgt. Pilot Harold Clinton COTNAM Greenwood Cemetery Greenwood, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett Nov 19, 2024

  
  

  Histories

  Sgt. Pilot Harold Clinton COTNAM WWII Service Summary Compiled by Fay Bennett From sources listed

  
  

• Sources

  [S649] Church Record - Baptism Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S1042775] Church Record - Baptism Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S1043071] Mil- Attestation Papers. [S650] Church Record - Burial Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Burials, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S1042936] Church Record - Burial Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Burials, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S1043099] Canada., Mil-Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947, (Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada. Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/second-world-war-dead-1939-1947/Pages/files-second-war-dead.aspx.). [S1042990] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S1042989] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S1043559] Find A Grave, digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: 2016), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59357987/harold-clinton-cotnam https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238552711/harold-c.-cotnam (Reliability: 3). [S651] Transcribed by Norah H. Cousins-La Rocque, Church Record - Wesleyan Methodist Marriage Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Marriages, Renfrew Co., Ontario, (Pembroke, UOVGG, Mar 1994).