Cyril Alfred "C A" Joyce | |
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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 |
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] [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]
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JOYCE, Janet Gertrude Oxenham of Froggatts, Fernhill Farm La, Wootton Bridge, I of W, died 26 August 1974. Probate London 8 October [1974]. £24281.
JOYCE, Cyril Alfred of Froggatts, Fernhill Farm La, Wootton Bridge, I of W, died 5 November 1976. Probate London 30 December [1976]. £35503.
Cyril Alfred "C A" Joyce | |
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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 |
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] [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]
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JOYCE, Janet Gertrude Oxenham of Froggatts, Fernhill Farm La, Wootton Bridge, I of W, died 26 August 1974. Probate London 8 October [1974]. £24281.
JOYCE, Cyril Alfred of Froggatts, Fernhill Farm La, Wootton Bridge, I of W, died 5 November 1976. Probate London 30 December [1976]. £35503.