6 April – Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden is named as the new Prime Minister.5 April – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister due to ill-health at the age of 80.Dudley-born Edwards is already being tipped by many observers to become the next England captain upon the eventual retirement of Billy Wright. 2 April – Duncan Edwards, the 18-year-old Manchester United left-half, becomes the youngest full England international in a 7–2 win over Scotland at Wembley.EOKA starts a terrorist campaign against British rule in the Crown colony of Cyprus, leading to a state of emergency being declared by the Governor on 26 November.Central Electricity Authority takes over management and operation of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales from British Electricity Authority.25 February – aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (launched 1950) commissioned, the first constructed with an angled flight deck and steam catapults from new.The Royal Air Force works to deliver food and medical supplies to the worst affected areas. 24 February – a big freeze across Britain results in more than 70 roads being blocked with snow, and in some parts of the country rail services are cancelled for several days.27 January – Michael Tippett's opera The Midsummer Marriage is premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, with designs by Barbara Hepworth and choreography by John Cranko it arouses controversy.23 January – Sutton Coldfield rail crash: an express train takes a sharp curve too fast and derails at Sutton Coldfield railway station: 17 killed, 43 injured.11 January – 1955 RAF Shackleton aircraft disappearance: Two Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft flying from RAF St Eval in Cornwall disappear without trace during a routine patrol.release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire. 1 January – the U.K's first atomic bomber unit, No.Prime Minister - Winston Churchill ( Conservative) (until 6 April), Anthony Eden ( Conservative) (starting 6 April).The year is marked by changes of leadership for both principal political parties. Events from the year 1955 in the United Kingdom.
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