Chalk died in 1943, shot down over northern France whilst serving as a Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force.
[1] He was coached at Uppingham by Punter Humphreys who had been a professional in the Kent sides which won four County Championship titles in the years before World War I.
[4] Working as a teacher at Malvern College from 1934 to 1938,[6] he played for the county on a fairly regular basis during the summer holidays each season until 1938 when he was appointed captain of the side.
[3] In 1939 he promoted fast scoring bowler Alan Watt to bat alongside Arthur Fagg in Kent's second innings at Colchester.
[4] Chalk's extended family of cricket-playing relatives included his uncle Harold Prest who played for Kent either side of World War I.
[4] At the outbreak of World War II, Chalk joined the Honourable Artillery Company as a gunner before transferring to the RAF.
He won the Distinguished Flying Cross in June 1941 serving as a rear gunner in 218 Squadron during a bombing raid on Hannover.