Firefighters in Bacău honoured Major Constantin Ene, a Romanian army officer killed in the 1877 battle for the fortress of Rahova, at a memorial service in the city’s Central Cemetery.
Ene, after whom the Bacău County Emergency Situations Inspectorate is named, is commemorated each year on 7 November, the anniversary of his death. Members of the inspectorate and representatives of the Bacău branch of the Queen Marie National Association for the Remembrance of Heroes attended the service.
Born in Bacău on 20 December 1837, Ene was 39 when he was killed during Romania’s War of Independence. In accordance with his wishes, his remains were brought back to his home town, where he was reburied with military honours on 17 November 1877.
