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.

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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(s)	prison manager and headmaster
Spouse	Janet Gertrude Oxenham Froggatt
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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][5] Joyce married Janet Gertrude Oxenham Froggatt (4 September 1904 – 26 August 1974).^[6][7]

One of his charges at a borstal (Hollesley Bay)^[8] was the young IRA volunteer and novelist Brendan Behan, known for his autobiographical novel, Borstal Boy.^[9]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 30 October 1971.^[10]

A biography of Joyce, The hidden boy, by Richard Heron Ward, was published in 1962.^[11] His autobiography, Thoughts of a Lifetime, was published in 1971.^[12]

Joyce's wife was an accomplished sculptor.^[3] He died at Wootton, Isle of Wight, on 5 November 1976, aged 76.^[2][13]

1. ^ "Birth Index entry: Joyce, Cyril Alfred". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Death Index entry: Joyce, Cyril Alfred". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} O'Sullivan, Michael (10 October 2000). Brendan Behan: A Life. Roberts Rinehart. pp. 61–68. ISBN 9781461660279. Retrieved 14 August 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
4. ^ "Marriage Index entry: Joyce, Cyril A." FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
5. ^ "Marriage Index entry: Froggatt, Janet G.O." FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
6. ^ "Death Index entry: Joyce, Janet Gertrude O." FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
7. ^ "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.
8. ^ Behan, Brendan (1990). Borstal Boy (New ed.). Arrow. ISBN 978-0099706502.
9. ^ "Writers in the DIB: Brendan Behan (1923-1964)". dib.ie. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
10. ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : C A Joyce". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
11. ^ Ward, Richard Heron (1962). The hidden boy: The work of C.A.Joyce as headmaster of an approved school. Cassell.
12. ^ Joyce, C A (1971). Thoughts of a Lifetime. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0551000391.
13. ^ "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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