C A Joyce

Cyril Alfred "C A" Joyce (12 June 1900 – 5 November 1976) was a British prison manager and headmaster of an approved school.

Cyril Alfred "C A" Joyce
Born12 June 1900
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died5 November 1976 (aged 76)
Wootton, Isle of Wight, England
NationalityEnglish
Occupationprison manager and headmaster
Spouse(s)Janet Gertrude Oxenham Froggatt

He was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England on 12 June 1900.[1][2] Joyce served in the army during World War I, and afterwards in the Army Education Corps.[3] He then took a degree at University College, Southampton.[3] He joined the prison service in 1922.[3] In 1933,[4] Joyce married Janet Gertrude Oxenham Froggatt (4 September 1904 – 26 August 1974).[5][6]

One of his charges at a borstal (Hollesley Bay)[7] was the young IRA volunteer and novelist Brendan Behan, known for his autobiographical novel, Borstal Boy.[8]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 30 October 1971.[9]

A biography of Joyce, The hidden boy, by Richard Heron Ward, was published in 1962.[10] His autobiography, Thoughts of a Lifetime, was published in 1971.[11]

Joyce's wife was an accomplished sculptor.[3] He died at Wootton, Isle of Wight, on 5 November 1976, aged 76.[2][12]

Biography
  • Richard, Heron Ward (1962). The hidden boy: The work of C.A.Joyce as headmaster of an approved school. Cassell.

Autobiography

References
  1. General Register Office. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index 1837–2008". FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 29 May 2016. Cyril Alfred Joyce, 1900, Derby, Derbyshire, England
  2. General Register Office. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007". FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 29 May 2016. Cyril Alfred Joyce, 1976, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England
  3. O'Sullivan, Michael. "Brendan Behan: A Life". Google Search. pp. 61–68. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. General Register Office. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837–2005". FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 29 May 2016. Cyril A Joyce, 1933, Hendon, Middlesex, England. Spouse Name:Janet G O Froggatt
  5. General Register Office. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007". FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 29 May 2016. Janet Gertrude O Joyce, 1974, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England
  6. Probate Service. "Wills and Probate 1858–1996". Find a will. GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 May 2016. JOYCE, Janet Gertrude Oxenham of Froggatts, Fernhill Farm La, Wootton Bridge, I of W, died 26 August 1974. Probate London 8 October [1974] £24281.
  7. Behan, Brendan (1990). Borstal Boy (New ed.). Arrow. ISBN 978-0099706502.
  8. "Writers in the DIB: Brendan Behan (1923-1964)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : C A Joyce". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. Ward, Richard Heron (1962). The hidden boy: The work of C.A.Joyce as headmaster of an approved school. Cassell.
  11. Joyce, C A (1971). Thoughts of a Lifetime. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0551000391.
  12. Probate Service. "Wills and Probate 1858–1996". Find a will. GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 May 2016. JOYCE, Cyril Alfred of Froggatts, Fernhill Farm La, Wootton Bridge, I of W, died 5 November 1976. Probate London 30 December [1976] £35503.


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