Antoni Skarbek-Szacki was born on March 1, 1902, in Vilnius. In 1919, he joined the Polish army in the 1st Regiment of Krechowiecki Uhlans and took part in the Polish-Bolshevik War. In 1924, he entered the officer's infantry school in Warsaw. During the May Coup of 1926, he fought on the side of the government. He graduated in 1927 as a second lieutenant and served in the 76th Infantry Regiment in Grodno. During the Defensive War of 1939, he served as a staff officer in Poland's Prusy Army. In 1940, he joined the Lizard Union. From 1942, he was chief of staff in the Kielce district of the National Armed Forces. In August 1944, he became commander of the Holy Cross Brigade of the NSZ. Under his command, in January 1945, the unit withdrew west before the advancing Red Army. On May 5, 1945, the Holy Cross Brigade liberated the German concentration camp for women in Holiszów. After the war, he lived in forced exile in Germany and France. In 1956, he settled with his family in the United States. He died on March 2, 1992, in Costa Mesa, California, and was awarded the Cross of National Armed Action.