List of key jobs that would avoid conscription if WW3 broke out

More and more questions are being raised over what would happen if we found ourselves in a third World War, including who would be safe from conscription.

Fears of a global conflict have been intensifying ever since the US and Israel's joint airstrikes on Iran on Saturday (28 February), which killed the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

US President Donald Trump says the reason behind the attack was to 'ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon'.

Iran retaliated by firing missiles at American assets and allies, including Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

As per Reuters, 787 people have been killed in Iran, including 165 schoolgirls ⁠and staff killed in a missile strike on a primary school ​in Minab, while 10 civilians ​have been killed in Israel.

We're now in the fifth day of conflict, and people are worried about the violence erupting into a full-scale war involving more countries, such as the UK.

Fears that WW3 could break out are rising (ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

It comes as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has allowed the US to use British military bases in the Middle East for 'defensive' strikes on Iranian missile sites.

If the UK were to go to war, as of right now, there is no conscription or requirement for military service, and the British armed forces are a professional volunteer force.

However, according to The Express, Lib Dem MP Mike Martin told the publication just a few months ago that conscription 'will happen' should the UK enter into war with Russia.

We don't exactly know what that would look like or who would be drafted, but historically, there are some professions that are considered too vital to be sent off to the front lines.

These are: Bakers, farmers, doctors or nurses, and engineers.

During World War II, men aged between 20 and 22 were called to war in 1939, about six months before fighting began.

The UK Parliament website reads: "During the spring of 1939, the deteriorating international situation forced the British government under Neville Chamberlain to consider preparations for a possible war against Nazi Germany.

"Plans for limited conscription applying to single men aged between 20 and 22 were given parliamentary approval in the Military Training Act in May 1939. This required men to undertake six months' military training, and some 240,000 registered for service."

However, there are a number of jobs that may be exempt from conscription (Getty Stock Image)

Once war was announced, the category of men was expanded in terms of age, but these five vocations were exempt.

"The National Service (Armed Forces) Act imposed conscription on all males aged between 18 and 41 who had to register for service. Those medically unfit were exempted, as were others in key industries and jobs such as baking, farming, medicine, and engineering," Parliament's website reads.

Martin, who's also an Afghanistan veteran, told the Express in March last year: "Obviously, if we get involved in a general war with Russia, we’ll be conscripting the population - there’s no question about that.

"Being prepared generates deterrence, which decreases the likelihood [of war]. The whole point about building the military up is it decreases the likelihood of this happening.

"I think that’s an important caveat. I’ve fought in wars, I’m not a warmonger. But I recognise that you’ve got to [pursue] peace through strength."

Of course, it's important to remember that this is all hypothetical and the comments were issued ahead of this year's conflict - in simple terms, no one is being drafted any time soon.