Son of Harold William Loftus Tottenham and Veronica Mary Elizabeth Bowen Tottenham, of Mullingar, West Meath, Irish Republic. Born Kirkwood, South Africa. Joined the R.A.A.F. in Australia in early 1942, and graduated to pilot. He was posted to England on 24th May 1944, where he served in 463 and 467 Squadrons of Bomber Command based at Waddington. He flew Lancaster Bomber Aircraft as pilot and Captain during his 34 missions, which included commanding "S. for Sugar". He then volunteered for Target Photograph work and was shot down and killed on the 26th September 1944. He was posthumously awarded the D.F.C. for gallantry in air operations after he brought his Lancaster bomber, severely damaged, back from a raid on Brest. "S. for Sugar" is now housed in the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon, London
LG Sup 14 November 1944 pg. 5209 - "Flying Officer Tottenham has shown himself an able and courageous pilot and captain of aircraft whose many sorties on the most heavily defended and distant targets in Germany have been accomplished with determination and fine airmanship. On one occasion in August, 1944, when detailed to attack a harbour at Brest, his bomb aimer was wounded and the aircraft severely damaged by anti-aircraft fire, but undeterred by the enemy attack, Flying Officer Tottenham completed the mission."