Sándor Szurmay was born in 1860 at Boksánbánya (now: Bocşa, Romania) which located in the historical Krassó-Szörény County.

He attended the secondary school for sciences in Szeged, then interrupting his studies he joined the Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company, where he worked as a trainee and later as an official.

After completing the course of studies at the Ludovica Military Academy classes he served as adjutant in a rank of Second Lieutenant at the various corps of the Magyar Honvédség.

"[1] This policy was addressed again at a council of marshals in January 1918, where the decision was put off until the end of the war.

[2] He wrote several books, and articles, based on military history, on hunting, sport fishing, reptiles, and about the occult: