Boyce was born on 19 September 1907 to Marjorie St. Clair and Clement Boyce, and was educated at
Bedford School and at the
Royal Air Force College Cranwell. He was appointed as Secretary General of Allied Air Forces in
Central Europe from 1953 to 1954, as
Air Officer Commanding Cyprus and the
Levant from 1954 to 1956, and as Assistant Controller of Aircraft,
Ministry of Supply, from 1957 to 1959. Boyce was made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in the
1946 New Year Honours. He retired from the RAF on 12 September 1959. He died on 20 December 1987. ==References==