C A Joyce

Cyril Alfred "C A" Joyce
Born 12 June 1900
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died 5 November 1976 (aged 76)
Wootton, Isle of Wight, England
Nationality English
Occupation prison manager and headmaster
Spouse(s) Janet Gertrude Oxenham Froggatt

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

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

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. 1 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. 1 2 3 4 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. 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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