Jeans boyfriend probably threw it in a ditch and scarpered when he heard Ilse's boyfriend was coming with all his mates and was looking for trouble... ..Ian
That's not the English Jean (girls name), but the French Jean (boys name). And the man on the bike is German, he's Lieutenant Grüber's brother. Grüber had an eye on René, the owner of the restaurant in Nouvion, and Grüber's brother has an eye on Jean, the hairdresser from the same village!
Kostas, The originals of these photos are owned by the Museum of the Manx Regiment on the Isle of Man and the curator, Ivor Ramsden posted them on the HMVF forum.