Major-General George Neville Wood CB, CBE, DSO, MC (4 May 1898 – 14 January 1982) was a senior British Army officer who fought during the First and Second World War, commanding the 25th Indian Infantry Division during the Burma campaign.

[2][3] After being educated at Colston's School, Wood entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Dorsetshire Regiment in January 1916.

[4] He fought in the First World War, serving the last year of the war in the Royal Air Force and was awarded the Military Cross, mentioned in despatches and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

In October 1944, Wood was made acting major-general and took the command of the 25th Indian Infantry Division, overseeing victory at the decisive Battle of Kangaw and Operation Zipper during the Burma campaign.

[8] Promoted to full major-general in February 1947,[9] Wood became General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3rd (United Kingdom) Division in April 1947;[10] between August 1947 and March 1950, he was GOC 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, before serving as Director of Quartering at the War Office until his retirement in 1952.