Major Levison James Wood VR (born 5 May 1982) is a British Army officer and explorer. He is best known for his extended walking expeditions in Africa, Asia and Central America. He has also undertaken numerous other overland journeys, including a foot crossing of Madagascar and mountain climbing in Iraq. He documents his journeys through books, documentaries and photography.

The son of teachers Janice Wood (née Curzon) and Levison Wood Sr., Wood was born on 5 May 1982 at the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary in Hartshill, Staffordshire, and grew up in nearby Forsbrook. Levison was educated at Painsley Catholic College, before obtaining an honours degree in history at the University of Nottingham. He was commissioned as an officer into the Parachute Regiment on 13 April 2006 where he spent four years, serving in Afghanistan in Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul. Wood was promoted to Captain on 13 October 2008.

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