Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) would survive their castaway adventure for at least three weeks, but as McCullin later recounted, "because of our gathering weakness ... out of temper, and out of water, we hoisted the red flag and were taken off in the early hours of the fifteenth day". According to McCullin, there was nothing idyllic about the desert island: "The mosquitos and other insects were more venomous and persistent than any I had encountered in Vietnam or the Congo." Richard Branson's "Extreme Tech Challenge" has been hosted annually at Necker Island since 2015. Described as one of the largest technology competitions in the
Necker–Sharpe Funeral Home there are factories on the upper floors and a restaurant on the ground floor. Necker died suddenly in 1916 at the age of 45, leaving his wife and small children, and the business deteriorated. Soon the only funeral home left was a small branch. named Mrs. William Necker & Sons. In 1943, the oldest son William Jr., the principal operator, also died. In 1948, the remaining Necker family purchased the S.R Sharpe Funeral Home consolidating into the Necker-Sharpe Funeral Home. In 1958, the Necker sold the business to Harold Azmelian, a former employee, which he operated until 1979. The current