After graduating from high school in Tiflis in Georgia, he went to France, where he studied at the chemistry department of the polytechnic in Nancy.

From 6 February to 1 April 1917 he taught the subject "fortification" at the cavalry non-commissioned officer course at the 1st Uhlan Regiment in Ostrołęka.

[3] On June 25, 1927, he was transferred to the Border Protection Corps and assigned to the command of the 5th KOP Brigade as an instructor officer.

He was held in German captivity in Opava, and from 24 January 1942 in Oflag II B Arnswalde in today's Choszczno.

[citation needed] After the Corps was disbanded, he left for England and settled in Manchester, where he worked as a manual laborer in local factories and then as a clerk.

He published a number of articles in the "Przegląd Kawalerii i Broni Pancernej" in London, as well as his memoirs and accounts of World War I and II.

[6] On the general's 130th birthday, August 26, 2023, a funeral was held at the Municipal Cemetery in Białystok, where Ludwik Kmicic-Skrzyński was laid to rest next to his soldiers from 1939.

The entire undertaking was carried out by the Jan Olszewski Foundation "Help for Poles in the East" on behalf of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, as part of the program "Renovation works of Polish graves in Great Britain and exhumations, repatriation and burials in the country of people distinguished for Poland, including members of the Polish government in exile.